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auditory

[aw-di-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee-] / ˈɔ dɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i- /


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Because electric vehicles don't have the auditory cues and vibrations from the engine that we're used to, which indicate when the car is accelerating, this could trigger motion sickness, Di Giulio says.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Mr. James does not simply reproduce the island’s singular patois; he uses it to create abrasive auditory rhythms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

The next time I sit through another auditory gauntlet on the number 29, I will keep that in mind.

From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026

Karen first found out about hearing loss when Klugo’s older sister failed a routine newborn auditory test.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Jomon skeletons show a high incidence of what pathologists term auditory exostosis, meaning abnormal bone growth in the ears as often observed in divers today.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

These Lectures, in their original form, were delivered at Geneva, and afterwards at Lausanne, before two auditories which together numbered about two thousand five hundred men.

From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Henry Downton

He saw his neighbors' ears clogged, and he was prepared to die howling if only he could pierce those encrusted auditories.

From Mary, Mary by Padraic Colum

His irresistible gestures gave impulse to his plebeian auditories.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by H. T. Ryde

Its future auditories will be the generations of men, as they rise up before it and gather round it’ Webster.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 by Various

It cannot be said that much harm has resulted from the full liberty permitted him, or that neglect on his part has impaired the generally attractive aspect of our theatrical auditories.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook


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