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verbal

[vur-buhl] / ˈvɜr bəl /


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Chinese forces took measures such as verbal warnings and "electronic jamming" to force the vessel away, it added.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

After weeks of verbal sparring, the U.S. announced that it was sending Rubio to Rome later this week.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

Her arrival shifted the “center of verbal energy” to the liberal side, Feldman wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

"Users complained about the model being oddly overfamiliar in conversation, which prompted an investigation into specific verbal tics," the company wrote in its blog post on Thursday.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

It would have to be quite entertainingly written, however, since, though there’s happily a small army of readers interested in verbal niceties, relatively few are interested in similar but often more important numerical nuances.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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