as in auditory
of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing a quiet room for people seeking relief from the overload of aural stimulus just outside

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Recent Examples of aural Its unique aural qualities (and the couple’s acoustic fixations) fall quickly by the wayside, making its very premise feel perfunctory. Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 25 Jan. 2025 Along with this, there are meditation and focus settings, which again use brainwave patterns to provide the best aural setting for both. New Atlas, 23 Jan. 2025 The electric guitar is called into service to extend the aural timeline unconvincingly to the 1950s and beyond. Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025 Modiri, who also appears as a high-ranking security services hostage negotiator in the film’s final section, inundates his screenplay with aural and visual foreshadowing. Alissa Simon, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for aural

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“Aural.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aural. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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