as in auditory
of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing
a quiet room for people seeking relief from the overload of aural stimulus just outside
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Recent Examples of aural
Joy Behar's militia of terroristic digital devices, aural phantoms followedThe View moderator back to her post and wasted no time making their presence known at the top of Monday's episode.
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EW.com, 7 July 2025
While much of the physical art will comprise thread, fiber, rope, sinew and other stringy mediums, aural aspects will focus on various things that tie us together as communities and human beings.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Even limiting them just to the aural, for now: How much of the orchestral score was re-recorded?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 June 2025
Or is this 70-year-old troubadour still able to strike aural gold?
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
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EW.com, 7 July 2025
While much of the physical art will comprise thread, fiber, rope, sinew and other stringy mediums, aural aspects will focus on various things that tie us together as communities and human beings.
—Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Even limiting them just to the aural, for now: How much of the orchestral score was re-recorded?
—Chris Willman, Variety, 25 June 2025
Or is this 70-year-old troubadour still able to strike aural gold?
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aural
auditory
Adjective
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Less commonly, auditory (hearing voices), olfactory, and tactile hallucinations occur.—
Heidi Moawad,
Verywell Health,
28 July 2025
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Binaural beats are an auditory illusion created when two tones of slightly different frequencies are played separately into each ear at the same time.—
Noma Nazish,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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“Aural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aural. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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