syllable
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And with that single syllable, I had cancer.
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
In healthy participants, brain activity dropped when the imagined syllable matched the sound played through the headphones.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2026
“We aren’t going down a failed path,” Landry said, wagging his finger with each syllable.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
I mean, this is us lining up sine waves, “Minority Report”-style, and seeing where a vowel or a syllable is sort of falling out of place and giving the actor’s accent away.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025
“The Ho-lo-caust,” Maya-Jade repeated, enunciating each syllable like a kindergarten teacher.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Reading: Literature - Introductory
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