: orally communicated
also
: generated from or reliant on oral publicity
word-of-mouth customers
a word-of-mouth business
: oral communication
especially
: oral often inadvertent publicity
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Examples of word-of-mouth in a Sentence
Adjective
not having the money to run ads, the restaurant relies on word-of-mouth publicity
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Samantha Conti, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, trust in today’s marketplace isn’t built through local networks or word-of-mouth alone.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
Most of their members have joined through word of mouth.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The celebrity crowd has slowly begun to rediscover them by word-of-mouth, or via their stylists.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 19 Feb. 2025
Furthermore, trust in today’s marketplace isn’t built through local networks or word-of-mouth alone.
—Jason Phillips, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun phrase
They’re often recruited through word of mouth, meeting the right people at the right time in a restaurant or bar, Leppard said.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2025
Most of their members have joined through word of mouth.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Word-of-mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/word-of-mouth. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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