as in out
with one's normal voice speaking the words
the mischievous teacher likes to call on the sleepiest-looking students to read aloud from the textbook
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Each night, as guests sat down to dinner, a waiter would read the menu aloud.
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Lucy Edwards, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2024
To read these lines aloud is to feel the gravity and the intensity of their ambition.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
In an interview with Parents magazine in 2020, Duff revealed that Luca wrote a poem about their family and read it aloud at her and Koma's wedding.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Kotb then handed it over, encouraging Curtis to read aloud the sweet message written on the envelope.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Lucy Edwards, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2024
To read these lines aloud is to feel the gravity and the intensity of their ambition.
—Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
In an interview with Parents magazine in 2020, Duff revealed that Luca wrote a poem about their family and read it aloud at her and Koma's wedding.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
Kotb then handed it over, encouraging Curtis to read aloud the sweet message written on the envelope.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Aloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloud. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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