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verbal

[vur-buhl] / ˈvɜr bəl /


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The firm expects to receive an additional $50 million to $100 million in verbal commitments from limited partners before the fund’s final close.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Then we tumble into the realm of inspirational gurus and thought leaders, where breathwork and manifesting meet motivational speak, popping with familiar verbal kernels like “sparking joy” and “habit formation.”

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Unless official written or verbal notification is issued, people generally only discover they are restricted from leaving when applying for documents or attempting to depart.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

By 1906, four years after Hoy’s final game, that practice was widespread and by 1908 umpires were required to use visible hand signals alongside verbal calls so players, fielders and fans could understand rulings.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026

It’s more like the verbal runs, which is gross.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy

Whether facing Caribbean bouncers or verbals from his old adversary Merv Hughes, he gave as good as he got.

From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2025

"He addresses me and Tweets me quite often and I was just in the frame of mind where I thought me and Klitschko don't have much verbals, so let me respond to Fury."

From Reuters ● Apr. 20, 2017

There's been verbals on both sides, the kind of trash talk that prize-fighters might be proud of.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2016

Wagner was also delighted to confirm that would include some verbals.

From The Guardian ● May 22, 2013

Participials and verbals employed as place-names may generally, as was before remarked, be referred to one or the other of the two preceding classes.

From The Composition of Indian Geographical Names Illustrated from the Algonkin Languages by J. Hammond (James Hammond) Trumbull




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