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
Each room is meant to elicit a specific experience around urban planning and vegetation, and so each has its own visual and auditory scheme.
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
These include holding, auditory stimulation and massage.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
Transcripts can support accessibility by providing readable formats for students with hearing impairments or auditory processing challenges.
—Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
For more than a decade, my work as a neuroscientist has focused on the auditory cortex.
—Hysell V. Oviedo, The Conversation, 4 June 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
These include holding, auditory stimulation and massage.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
Transcripts can support accessibility by providing readable formats for students with hearing impairments or auditory processing challenges.
—Beth Worthy, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
For more than a decade, my work as a neuroscientist has focused on the auditory cortex.
—Hysell V. Oviedo, The Conversation, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for auditory
Adjective
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The electric guitar enjoys a bit of bite, but the thin transients strike again and tame the hi-hat hits and the acoustic guitar.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 July 2025
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This week’s crop of new music includes Zach Bryan teaming with Gabriella Rose for a somber new acoustic ballad, while Thomas Rhett and Jordan Davis partner for an upbeat, reflective new song.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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In addition, the sound of wind, the occasional airplane and a bird or two flying nearby made for a lively aural landscape accompanying the trumpet music.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
22 July 2025
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The sound team rightfully emphasize the special aural environment of the cold and remote place from the creaking of trees to the Arctic bird calls to the panting of the mushing dogs.—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
25 Jan. 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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While everyone has auricular muscles, only a small number of people can consciously flex these muscles to wiggle their ears.—
Clarissa Brincat,
Popular Science,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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Roughly a quarter report receiving it during the sharking, and another quarter immediately after the quake became perceptible.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
17 July 2025
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The assault could well result in a perceptible slowing of progress in the fight against cancer.—
Rachana Pradhan,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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“Auditory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auditory. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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