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Adverb
you don't have to record the professor's comments word for word in your notes
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Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The claims could have been taken word-for-word from any one of numerous US far-right websites in recent months.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
The slightly older and more conservative wing of the party remains intent on implementing the Taliban’s mid-1990s credo, word for word.
—Saad Mohseni, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2022
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Adjective
The repeating though on a word-for-word basis is not always particularly satisfying.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
The claims could have been taken word-for-word from any one of numerous US far-right websites in recent months.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 10 Oct. 2024
Adverb
Everybody singing the songs word for word is such a powerful moment and such a blessing to experience.
—Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
The slightly older and more conservative wing of the party remains intent on implementing the Taliban’s mid-1990s credo, word for word.
—Saad Mohseni, Foreign Affairs, 16 Aug. 2022
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“Word-for-word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word-for-word. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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