as in out
with one's normal voice speaking the words
the mischievous teacher likes to call on the sleepiest-looking students to read aloud from the textbook
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Recent Examples of aloud
Their curricula must be read aloud to the American people.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Live With Kelly and Mark cohost made a joke on the matter Thursday morning, shocking husband Mark Consuelos after his wife read aloud a statistic about divorce rates plummeting in the United States.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
My first order of business was to find Villa Diodati, the estate where Byron and Polidori stayed, which was where Mary first read aloud from her masterpiece in the making.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
The Live With Kelly and Mark cohost made a joke on the matter Thursday morning, shocking husband Mark Consuelos after his wife read aloud a statistic about divorce rates plummeting in the United States.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2025
My first order of business was to find Villa Diodati, the estate where Byron and Polidori stayed, which was where Mary first read aloud from her masterpiece in the making.
—Thomas Page McBee, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025
Later, read the captions aloud together like a comic strip.
—Sherri Gordon, Parents, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aloud
Adverb
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These are tools out there that doctors could be using this moment to answer their questions.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Well, every single Instagram post that’s out there, there are about 30 different ways to learn.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
24 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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But for that swing to be such a huge whiff, and then to be on stage playing your own protagonist while the excitement of the audience audibly wanes around you for two laborious hours … That’s rough, buddy.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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On The View today, moderator Whoopi Goldberg started the show by sharing news of Redford’s death with an audibly surprised audience, then led a panel discussion about favorite movies from the actor’s career.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
16 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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At the onset of Cox remarks, a minority of attendees loudly booed his presence, but the governor was able to rally applause by invoking his pleasure to be back at his alma mater.—
Alex J. Rouhandeh,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Even senators who voted to confirm Kennedy as a cabinet member now loudly point out contradictions between his confirmation hearing testimony and his actions in office.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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One is to clearly define the human-AI partnership.—
Bob Violino,
CNBC,
24 Sep. 2025
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This is partly the fault of the administration, which didn’t clearly explain the policy or the broader strategy.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Aloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloud. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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