as in directly
in the same words
an ad verbum translation if the giver of the oath mangles the wording, should one repeat after him ad verbum?
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Adverb
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Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium.—
Ron Wood,
arkansasonline.com,
23 Jan. 2025 -
The buttons connect directly to campus police dispatch.—
Laura Rodríguez Presa,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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That’s how financial planning—or perhaps more accurately, financial planners—have got the story all wrong.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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With proper technical assistance and the aim of protecting themselves rather than making a profit, captive insurers can often price risk more accurately than commercial insurers.—
Peter Green,
Quartz,
18 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Indeed, for large swaths of the show, The Agency is even a beat-for-beat remake; an early sequence in which Martian runs a new employee through a quick trial at a café re-creates the same scene in the French series almost word for word.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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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
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“Ad verbum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ad%20verbum. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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