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aural

[awr-uhl] / ˈɔr əl /
ADJECTIVE
acoustic
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ADJECTIVE
auditory
Synonyms




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Unfortunately, Ms. Jacoby’s intriguing aural choices found scant counterpart in her choreography.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

At these times Mr. Jones seems to be aiming for pure onomatopoeia, a language that wholly reproduces the aural texture of rural life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

These fanciful instances benefit from Mari Fukuhara’s score, a drizzle of aural luminosity.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2025

She is a superb mimic of nature’s aural realm — the sounds of animals, of a river, of trees in the wind, of rocks falling down a hillside.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

The first method is to teach a song by rote, a technique also known as aural learning, or “by ear.”

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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