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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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Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Although the public workforce is still able to handle transcripts for criminal proceedings, some civil matters — including family court cases — can be left without anyone keeping an official word-for-word record.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Allies of Ossoff said that this statement is not word for word but that Ossoff did iterate a similar message to Williams.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
They are color-coded based on the speaker broadcasting each line and projected word-for-word on screen, resulting in a sculptural experience of language akin to concrete poetry.
—Mariana Fernández, ARTnews.com, 18 Dec. 2024
Although the public workforce is still able to handle transcripts for criminal proceedings, some civil matters — including family court cases — can be left without anyone keeping an official word-for-word record.
—Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Adverb
Co-writer John Lutz also shared that Sawyer dictated all the Japanese dialogue to the cast members, who then repeated it back word for word.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
Allies of Ossoff said that this statement is not word for word but that Ossoff did iterate a similar message to Williams.
—Elaine Mallon, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Word-for-word.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word-for-word. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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