as in directly
in the same words an ad verbum translation if the giver of the oath mangles the wording, should one repeat after him ad verbum?

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Adverb
  • In the east, crews continued to build line between Wiseman Springs and Rancheria Creek, engaging the fire directly along its active edge where favorable.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The New York Times in 2015 reported that hundreds of Colombian mercenaries had been sent to Yemen to fight against the Houthi rebels, hired directly — and in secret — by the UAE.
    Rebecca Johns, Miami Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • The authors note that not all artificial sweeteners were included in the study and diet information reported by the participants may not have been remembered 100 percent accurately.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a recent study from researchers at Salesforce that concluded most of today’s large language models (LLMs) cannot accurately perform customer relation management (CRM) tasks—a particularly ironic conclusion since Salesforce itself has been pushing AI agents to automate CRM processes.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • This is why professionals should test and adapt prompts rather than copying them word for word.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Six months after they were hired, their performance review echoed that conversation almost word for word.
    Eli Rubel, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Ad verbum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad%20verbum. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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