phonetic
Example Sentences
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The album first sprang to mind six years ago, when the title began as a simple game of phonetics.
From Los Angeles Times
The exam comprised a series of papers on phonetics, grammar, and translation, which took 12 hours to complete.
From BBC
Many proudly refer to themselves as DINKs — using the acronym in English — or dingke, the phonetic translation in Mandarin.
From Los Angeles Times
They say they have found four basic components they think make up this phonetic alphabet.
From Seattle Times
The description of what the researchers termed a “sperm whale phonetic alphabet” opens the possibility of conveying a much larger variety of information.
From Science Magazine
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