by word of mouth
idiom
: by being told by another person
We learned of this great restaurant by word of mouth.
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The plaza’s status — and potential — as an eye-catching venue for their work spread by word of mouth within the graffiti community in recent months.
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Leda Joy Abkenari, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
News spread quickly that day last November, but by word of mouth, says Denny Khamphanthong, a 29-year-old Richmond resident.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Concern for Catherine’s well-being was the overwhelming sentiment as the news filtered out in alerts on smartphones, in clips of the video on social media and by word of mouth.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
The starter’s legend travels primarily by word of mouth, both in-person and online.
—Denver Post, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
In the beginning, the business ran by word of mouth.
—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
However, attendance increases toward the end of the series each year, perhaps as interest spreads on social media and by word of mouth.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
Previously, these matters traveled by word of mouth, which inevitably made it so any student who wasn’t already in the know was further out of the loop.
—Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2023
This suggests that book owners valued such knowledge, and people of all classes were actively exchanging recipes and cures by word of mouth before writing the most useful ones down.
—Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
Leda Joy Abkenari, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
News spread quickly that day last November, but by word of mouth, says Denny Khamphanthong, a 29-year-old Richmond resident.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Concern for Catherine’s well-being was the overwhelming sentiment as the news filtered out in alerts on smartphones, in clips of the video on social media and by word of mouth.
—Megan Specia, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2024
The starter’s legend travels primarily by word of mouth, both in-person and online.
—Denver Post, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024
In the beginning, the business ran by word of mouth.
—Kristen Philipkoski, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
However, attendance increases toward the end of the series each year, perhaps as interest spreads on social media and by word of mouth.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2023
Previously, these matters traveled by word of mouth, which inevitably made it so any student who wasn’t already in the know was further out of the loop.
—Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2023
This suggests that book owners valued such knowledge, and people of all classes were actively exchanging recipes and cures by word of mouth before writing the most useful ones down.
—Meg Leja, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
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