vowel
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“Non-rhotic speakers essentially say the ‘r’ sound only when it occurs before a vowel sound, but not when it occurs after a vowel,” Ms. Fridland says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026
Its rebrand to Abrdn in 2021 was largely derided, with some saying it seemed like a typo, and others joking the firm had "irritable vowel syndrome".
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
Even the word, beginning and ending with similar vowel qualities, evinces monotony.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2024
Llama 2 70b, which answered correctly 10% of the time, mistook the letter K for a vowel and so answered incorrectly.
From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2024
He got out before the Cold War ended, before missile shields and global warming and September 11 and a second President with only one vowel in his name.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
Vocabulary lists containing vowel
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