Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A gathering at which people relate their experiences or opinions about a specified topic or concern.
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Examples
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Since the late 1990s, some of the scheduled "stops" where a spokesman delivers a speak-out about the cruelty of the fur trade, the stores are happily gone.
Martha Rosenberg: Thanks for Nothing: Fur Coats Becoming "Gifts" You Can't Wear Anywhere Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Since the late 1990s, some of the scheduled "stops" where a spokesman delivers a speak-out about the cruelty of the fur trade, the stores are happily gone.
Martha Rosenberg: Thanks for Nothing: Fur Coats Becoming "Gifts" You Can't Wear Anywhere Martha Rosenberg 2011
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All this history of denial was the backdrop to his dramatic, unexpected coming out during a dark Wednesday evening at the UC Irvine flag poles during the University's speak-out and candlelight vigil against homophobic bigotry and hate in the wake of the suicide of gay Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi last month.
UC Student Regent Comes Out In Wake Of Gay Suicides The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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All this history of denial was the backdrop to his dramatic, unexpected coming out during a dark Wednesday evening at the UC Irvine flag poles during the University's speak-out and candlelight vigil against homophobic bigotry and hate in the wake of the suicide of gay Rutgers University freshman Tyler Clementi last month.
UC Student Regent Comes Out In Wake Of Gay Suicides Leah Finnegan 2010
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Since the late 1990s, some of the scheduled "stops" where a spokesman delivers a speak-out about the cruelty of the fur trade, the stores are happily gone.
Martha Rosenberg: Thanks for Nothing: Fur Coats Becoming "Gifts" You Can't Wear Anywhere Martha Rosenberg 2011
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During a "speak-out" on stage lasting over two hours, the hand painted sign that marched with protesters from the site at Westlake Park to their new home on Capitol Hill waved in the increasing wind and absorbed scattered raindrops.
Wendy K. Leigh: Zombies Celebrate Death of Inequality Wendy K. Leigh 2011
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Since the late 1990s, some of the scheduled "stops" where a spokesman delivers a speak-out about the cruelty of the fur trade, the stores are happily gone.
Martha Rosenberg: Thanks for Nothing: Fur Coats Becoming "Gifts" You Can't Wear Anywhere Martha Rosenberg 2011
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Some of my Indian friends told me 'that I should speak-out about the huge environmental damage that these quarries cause, but it is very difficult.
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Some of my Indian friends told me 'that I should speak-out about the huge environmental damage that these quarries cause, but it is very difficult.
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It's too many people in society and sport who have risked their livelihoods in order for the athletes to enjoy the money and fame they currently have: the least they can do is speak-out on relevant issues.
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