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as in linguistic
of or relating to words or language the child didn't yet have the verbal skills needed to tell the doctor about the pain he was experiencing

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as in oral
made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing a verbal agreement carries less force than a written contract

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Recent Examples of verbal In the meantime, politicians are firing verbal shots at each other. Rob Nikolewski, Mercury News, 2 July 2025 Schubert says topics of friction have dominated her group's sessions recently: How to manage a verbal aggressor at local Pride Month events, how to spend time with family who have differing political views, and how to keep yourself and your friends safe when out in public during Pride Month. Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 The accompanying text sang his praises: As a rising young writer of Western novels (three books published) this gives his prose a spare and muscular quality; his gunsights never become entangled in fancy verbal foliage. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 Its value depends on the amount of logos, verbal mentions or usages in those seconds, and can cost a brand anywhere from $250,000 to $1 million. Matt Craig, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for verbal
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  • After the 1707 Act of Union, Scott was reminding British readers that Scotland was a land of linguistic diversity where Scots and Gaelic flowed freely.
    Rachel Ashcroft July 7, Literary Hub, 7 July 2025
  • Emoji, the not-quite-a-language language, were becoming part of the world’s linguistic—and commercial—infrastructure, importing some of the unruliness of IRL interaction into virtual spaces.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
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  • In classrooms across the country, children are routinely taught ideas that conflict with their family's religious beliefs, lawyers for the Montgomery County Public Schools told the court during April’s oral arguments.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • The state withdrew its appeal a week before the appellate court was scheduled to hear oral arguments.
    Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 27 June 2025
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  • Which domains are operationally critical and which are purely communicative?
    Daniel Strauss, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
  • Geminis are social, communicative, and witty, so give your child a name that can keep up!
    Kara Nesvig, Parents, 17 June 2025
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  • Trump and Carter are hardly the first pair of presidents to pour rhetorical oil on troubled waters, but the historical results, as with today, are mixed at best.
    Bruce Yandle, Twin Cities, 10 July 2025
  • By asking Grok to use X posts as a primary source and rhetorical inspiration, xAI is sending the large language model into a toxic landscape where trolls, political propagandists, and outright racists are some of the loudest voices.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 8 July 2025

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“Verbal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/verbal. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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