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orally

[awr-uh-lee] / ˈɔr ə li /
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verbally
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Pride could learn to communicate orally, through cued speech or in American Sign Language, they were told.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

In “Our Common Life,” he notes how folksongs pass orally from musician to musician, sometimes over decades, before finding their ways to the airwaves and the auditorium.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Warnings passed from block to block, orally and digitally.

From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026

Median overall survival was 13.2 months with daraxonrasib, which patients took orally once a day, versus 6.7 months with chemotherapy.

From Barron's ● Apr. 13, 2026

He didn’t say anything as they took his temperature orally, even though he used to always make a big show of choking when my parents did it at home.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick




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