as in aural
of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing
I have a bad auditory memory—unless I see a word in writing, and not just hear it, I forget it easily
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Recent Examples of auditory
Accessibility Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco provides wheelchair-accessible accommodations, elevators, adaptive restrooms, and a variety of features, including Braille and tactile signage and auditory guidance.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Hotelier Hugh Templeman said the noise issue was so serious that visitors were taking note — and dinging businesses like his for the auditory intrusions.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026
No Longer Holds Organizations are exploring fraud detection technologies, including behavioral pattern analysis; device and contextual intelligence; and multilayered verification strategies that scrutinize content through visual, auditory and textual lenses.
—Steve Piper, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Some individuals may also experience auditory or visual distortions that feel real.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 May 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
Hotelier Hugh Templeman said the noise issue was so serious that visitors were taking note — and dinging businesses like his for the auditory intrusions.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 June 2026
No Longer Holds Organizations are exploring fraud detection technologies, including behavioral pattern analysis; device and contextual intelligence; and multilayered verification strategies that scrutinize content through visual, auditory and textual lenses.
—Steve Piper, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Some individuals may also experience auditory or visual distortions that feel real.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 17 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for auditory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditory
Adjective
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The place is a sound-effects recording studio, with three sound designers creating and dubbing aural effects — footsteps on a sandy beach, flapping bird wings — onto pieces of film footage.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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Whether guiding the sound and aesthetic of the Wu-Tang Clan or scoring films for Jim Jarmusch and Quentin Tarantino, RZA has concocted an aural blueprint all his own.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Adjective
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Alex Zhang Hungtai collages a bewildering array of acoustic, electric, ancient, and modern sounds on this noirish double album, improvised and composed over several years with an ad-hoc coterie that includes string and woodwind players, a noise musician, a Korean gong resonator, and a tap dancer.—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
19 June 2026
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The 60-second figure is a roadmap target gated by how fast data can move from the transducers to the compute cluster — the system generates something on the order of 17 gigabytes of raw acoustic data per second.—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
Adjective
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It can be delivered using a device that sits on the ear and sends an electrical pulse to the auricular branch of the vagus nerve, which is found under the skin in the magenta area in the diagram below.—
Paul McClure
May 22,
New Atlas,
22 May 2025
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Each muscle is responsible for a different movement: the anterior auricular muscle pulls the ear forward, the superior auricular muscle lifts it slightly, and the posterior auricular muscle pulls it backward.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
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With two stages set up in close proximity, as soon as one band finished, another would fire up immediately, a sort of audial game of hot potato.—
Chris Bieri,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 June 2023
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With Windows 11, the OS adds new audial and visual tools, and new support for third-party hardware and software.—
Michael Muchmore,
PCMAG,
7 June 2022
Adjective
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Many of today’s most prominent artists are focused on rendering vast, abstract, and often invisible systems perceptible—often by scaling them down to something more sensible while still gesturing toward their magnitude.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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That shift isn’t just perceptible—it’s been acknowledged by the women who helped build the Atlanta franchise.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 May 2026
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“Auditory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditory. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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