as in acoustical
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
Kraus is a professor of neurobiology at Northwestern's School of Communication who studies the biology of auditory learning, according to the university's website.
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In one account, advanced by the evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar, the laugh emerged as an auditory version of social grooming, an act that binds primate groups together.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, both services offer excellent discovery features to help you on your auditory journey.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
The process involves two key parts of the brain — the auditory cortex, which processes sounds, and the prefrontal cortex, which controls attention and decision-making.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
In one account, advanced by the evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar, the laugh emerged as an auditory version of social grooming, an act that binds primate groups together.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025
Fortunately, both services offer excellent discovery features to help you on your auditory journey.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
The process involves two key parts of the brain — the auditory cortex, which processes sounds, and the prefrontal cortex, which controls attention and decision-making.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditory
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On a mountain ridge in eastern India, surrounded by tropical evergreen forests, an acoustic lure echoed through the trees — an attempt by researchers to entice whatever might be living there.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
25 Sep. 2025
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The track is driven by Bingham’s raspy voice and some strummed acoustic guitar, before the Texas Gentlemen — the all-star collective of players from the Lone Star State — join in with piano and a wall of Western sound.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
23 Sep. 2025
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Like pioneering American artists such as Sun Ra and Cecil Taylor, Pascoal is the master of his own musical universe, a richly diverse aural cosmos where all styles converge to form an exotic whole.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Sep. 2025
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Doctors often call this feeling aural fullness or, when linked to altitude changes, barotrauma.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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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
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The 5 Percent Wellness Philosophy Genuine wellness is rooted in perceptible, sustainable recovery — a process best nurtured through consistent, incremental change.—
Footwear News,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
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My sister looked up at me and ever so gently, with barely perceptible pressure, squeezed my hand.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Auditory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditory. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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