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
Local art, private plunge pools, oversized windows, and French doors invite nature inside, and create the ultimate visual—and auditory—setting for a complete physical and mental reset.
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Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Daltorio says wallpaper even offers a solution for auditory overstimulation.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses utilize multi-modal AI to process visual and auditory information, enabling contextual queries and hands-free content creation.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Writer-director duo Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans tapped Blackpink producer and scene elder Teddy Park to root this visual, narrative, and auditory ode to the culture and spirit of South Korea in convincing K-pop aesthetics.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
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Samantha Leal, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
Daltorio says wallpaper even offers a solution for auditory overstimulation.
—Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Aug. 2025
Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses utilize multi-modal AI to process visual and auditory information, enabling contextual queries and hands-free content creation.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Writer-director duo Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans tapped Blackpink producer and scene elder Teddy Park to root this visual, narrative, and auditory ode to the culture and spirit of South Korea in convincing K-pop aesthetics.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditory
Adjective
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Apple hasn't confirmed whether the AirPods Pro 3 have new drivers, though the company claims its new multiport acoustic design improves sound quality.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Climate change is also rewriting the ocean’s acoustic script.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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In her fantastical museum—for this memoir is the Wind Museum of her musings, her attempt to present the stormy atmosphere of the planet—moving air has been ingeniously captured and made into a kind of aural kaleidoscope of voices and sound.—
Book Marks
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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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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That perceptible swing—characterized by personality, warmth, and settled approachability—coincided with Amy Astley’s appointment as our head of editorial content.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
9 Sep. 2025
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Burgeoning market Old Economy predicts a perceptible drop in existing nuclear projects and supply in the second half of the 2030s due to depletion.—
April Roach,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Auditory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditory. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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