sound
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"It was an acoustic set, but we didn't have a sound guy, and the guitar started feeding back."
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
From what you say, this doesn’t sound like someone taking advantage of you.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Multiple noise mitigation efforts were undertaken — sound walls, scream shields and even pea gravel in the coaster’s tracks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Then combine your sound bites, pronounced as they appear in the original clue answers, to solve the final mystery word.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
The sound of a dog barking is a dead giveaway, but even without that, the competing scents of antiseptic, kibble, and wet dog tell me everything I need to know.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
Now, the eurozone economy is on a sounder footing and inflation has been around the ECB's target for some time, she stressed.
From Barron's ● Mar. 25, 2026
Such tariffs may or may not be wise policy, but they would be on a sounder legal footing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
“Democracies are sounder when the reason why some lose does not rest on the fact that they are invisible to those who make decisions,” Verba wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2025
With a new stadium on the horizon and commercial deals continuing to be signed, the club believe they will be on a sounder financial footing for the next three-year PSR cycle.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2025
But the horse kept getting stronger and sounder.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
The soundest argument for dismissing today’s nosebleed Shiller P/E is that 40 isn’t as high as it sounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2025
As the first study of its kind, it provides the soundest assessment to date of the consequences of stopping antidepressant treatment.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
But most all, just one of the kindest and soundest soul you'll ever meet.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2023
In that case, picking up his fifth-year option — fully guaranteed for $17.5 million in 2024 — is the soundest financial decision.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 17, 2023
With a sigh, I curled up on the edge of the bed and slept the soundest sleep of my entire sixteen years.
From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson
Vocabulary lists containing sound
The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The New SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words
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