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or acoustical
as in auditory
of, relating to, or experienced through the sense of hearing
is a bird's acoustic organ similar to a human's?
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Recent Examples of acoustic
The clip shows the pair play through the song's chorus together on the piano and acoustic guitar before Rudd, 57, as Rick, calls it a night and leaves Danny (Jonas, 33) to contemplate the idea further.
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The team studied seismic reflection data -- essentially an ultrasound of the shallow subsurface of the upper 6 miles of the Earth's crust -- to form acoustic waves that travel through the sediments and create an image of the subsurface.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Her voice continues to echo in Norah Jones’s breathy understatement, Tracy Chapman’s acoustic urgency and the way Alicia Keys attaches grandeur to a single piano chord.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Those familiar lyrics, accompanied by gentle acoustic guitar music, spilled into the hallway on a recent morning at Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
The team studied seismic reflection data -- essentially an ultrasound of the shallow subsurface of the upper 6 miles of the Earth's crust -- to form acoustic waves that travel through the sediments and create an image of the subsurface.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
Her voice continues to echo in Norah Jones’s breathy understatement, Tracy Chapman’s acoustic urgency and the way Alicia Keys attaches grandeur to a single piano chord.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Those familiar lyrics, accompanied by gentle acoustic guitar music, spilled into the hallway on a recent morning at Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for acoustic
auditory
Adjective
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The volume was loud – at least one listener’s ears were ringing four hours after the concert ended – but Springsteen’s is one of the few rock acts whose music literally demands such auditory excess (most groups use volume to mask mediocrity).—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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The therapy works by delivering a healthy copy of the OTOF gene to key cells in the inner ear, helping to restore the protein otoferlin so auditory signals can be sent to the brain, according to the FDA.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Acoustic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/acoustic. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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