by word of mouth
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: by being told by another person
We learned of this great restaurant by word of mouth.
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Where Season 1 thrived on discovery — not only the grand revelation of each new game, including their rules and customs, but also a sleeper hit that caught on by word of mouth rather than pre-release hype — Season 2 survives by knowing there’s less to discover.
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Despite the loss, Andres Salazar’s clients have stepped in to help by advertising his situation on social media and by word of mouth.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
As the dentist predicted, birders eventually arrived, too, largely finding her home by word of mouth.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
The autographs ballooned into the thousands by the 2000s — fueled, O'Connell suggests, by word of mouth through social media.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Despite the loss, Andres Salazar’s clients have stepped in to help by advertising his situation on social media and by word of mouth.
—Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
As the dentist predicted, birders eventually arrived, too, largely finding her home by word of mouth.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
The autographs ballooned into the thousands by the 2000s — fueled, O'Connell suggests, by word of mouth through social media.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
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“By word of mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20word%20of%20mouth. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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