as in oral
made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing
not having the money to run ads, the restaurant relies on word-of-mouth publicity
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Recent Examples of word-of-mouth
Max’s real-time hospital drama was well-reviewed and seemed to gather word-of-mouth momentum throughout its 15-episode season (which is now an unusually long order for a streaming show).
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
The Poway Chamber, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is experiencing rapid growth due to word-of-mouth referrals, social media and Chamber events, Leland said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
With over 250,000 users, the brand has built its reputation on word-of-mouth and transparent reviews.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 20 May 2025
While predecessors like The Godfather and The Exorcist drew theater lines around the block through word-of-mouth, Jaws was the one for which the term summer blockbuster was coined.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 23 May 2025
The Poway Chamber, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, is experiencing rapid growth due to word-of-mouth referrals, social media and Chamber events, Leland said.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
With over 250,000 users, the brand has built its reputation on word-of-mouth and transparent reviews.
—Nia Bowers, USA Today, 20 May 2025
While predecessors like The Godfather and The Exorcist drew theater lines around the block through word-of-mouth, Jaws was the one for which the term summer blockbuster was coined.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for word-of-mouth
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The ruling comes ahead of a June 30 oral argument in a related case before the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in Texas, where Judge James Ho, a Trump appointee, previously criticized the Supreme Court for punting the matter back to his court.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
7 June 2025
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OpenAI plans to challenge the order and is currently pushing for oral arguments, hoping that user testimony will help sway the court to set it aside.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 June 2025
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These were meetings of twenty-five or so women, each of whom paid the substantial sum of ten dollars to hear Fuller exercise her verbal brilliance in the course of a thirteen-week-long series, in semiprivate settings.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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The incident began with a verbal argument, according to Pembroke Pines Police.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
31 May 2025
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“Word-of-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/word-of-mouth. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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