as in auditory
of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing
had auricular proof that the sun was up, as the birds began chirping
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Recent Examples of auricular
While everyone has auricular muscles, only a small number of people can consciously flex these muscles to wiggle their ears.
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Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
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
Although evidence is mixed, researchers found stimulating points in the outer ear—auricular acupuncture—to help with quitting smoking when combined with other methods.13
Mindfulness: Another method that may help people quit tobacco is mindfulness.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
Some people can control their auricular muscles to move the ear slightly but to a noticeable extent, an ability that seems to have a genetic basis.
—C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2017
A 2015 study in the journal Psychophysiology reviewed past research on the auricular nerves and found indications that the system could have been adapted to respond to sounds.
—C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2017
Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
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
Although evidence is mixed, researchers found stimulating points in the outer ear—auricular acupuncture—to help with quitting smoking when combined with other methods.13
Mindfulness: Another method that may help people quit tobacco is mindfulness.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 26 Sep. 2024
Some people can control their auricular muscles to move the ear slightly but to a noticeable extent, an ability that seems to have a genetic basis.
—C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2017
A 2015 study in the journal Psychophysiology reviewed past research on the auricular nerves and found indications that the system could have been adapted to respond to sounds.
—C. Claiborne Ray, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for auricular
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Delay in processing visual or auditory cues through interpreters, captioning apps, or adaptive tech is mentally fatiguing.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The study was also purely behavioral and observational; the scientists propose that the mechanism involves the motor areas and the auditory dorsal pathway, but that remains a theory until brain imaging can support the findings.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Auricular.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/auricular. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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