as in oral
made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing
the soldier left a nuncupative will that was witnessed by two of his comrades
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Adjective
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And, Sarah, from a legal standpoint, listening to oral arguments back in November, this really shouldn't have been a shock.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
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There are oral vaccines to protect wildlife from rabies and oral vaccines for bovine diseases, so why not this?—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Two sources who attended the party described witnessing a loud verbal exchange between Nick Reiner and his parents.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Linguists divide these verbal loading bars into two categories.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Nuncupative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nuncupative. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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