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syllable

[sil-uh-buhl] / ˈsɪl ə bəl /


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In healthy participants, brain activity dropped when the imagined syllable matched the sound played through the headphones.

From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026

It lasts just over two minutes, and not a single note or syllable is wasted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

One more syllable than schadenfreude but still one fewer than endzeitgemütlichkeit—and mostly pronounceable to English speakers like myself.

From Slate • Feb. 25, 2025

“No-body!” the team responds, elongating the first syllable.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2024

I did get down every syllable of the final few speeches, but that was small comfort.

From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood




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