1
as in vocal
expressed or communicated by voice
a baby's crying is usually interpreted as an oral expression of distress
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2
as in verbal
made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing
lawyers for the plaintiff will be presenting oral arguments before the Supreme Court next week
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Recent Examples of oral
Yet Trump’s solicitor general, John Sauer, pressed it on the justices, who held a special oral argument to consider it.
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Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
Lawyers suing the government over the decision involving Haitians will present oral arguments in a New York federal court on May 28.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
What To Watch For The Supreme Court’s ruling means the Trump administration will be able to erase protections for Venezuelan migrants until at least July, when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case challenging the administration.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
First Trump policy to hit the Supreme Court The appeal is the first from the Trump administration that the Supreme Court agreed to consider through oral arguments.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 21 May 2025
Lawyers suing the government over the decision involving Haitians will present oral arguments in a New York federal court on May 28.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 May 2025
What To Watch For The Supreme Court’s ruling means the Trump administration will be able to erase protections for Venezuelan migrants until at least July, when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case challenging the administration.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
First Trump policy to hit the Supreme Court The appeal is the first from the Trump administration that the Supreme Court agreed to consider through oral arguments.
—Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oral
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Martin had been a vocal opponent of prosecuting people charged in the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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Deion was very vocal about his son leading up to the draft.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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But despite months of verbal support from state leaders, no new funding has materialized.—
Leslie S. Richards,
Chicago Tribune,
22 May 2025
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And also, similar to the suggestion for No. 1, consider creating safe words or a verbal challenge/response procedure.—
Perry Carpenter,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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The videos also tend to show garbled subtitles that almost match the spoken words, which is an artifact of subtitles on videos present in the training data.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 May 2025
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Imagine for example that the new language was easy to write down but extremely hard to use via the spoken word.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Several cast members returned, including co-writer and co-director Chris Sanders, who created and voiced Stitch.—
Jordana Comiter,
People.com,
24 May 2025
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There was no voiced opposition, though a representative for the Association of Independent Commercial Producers did amend its support, contingent on the addition of commercials as eligible projects.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Oral.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oral. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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