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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In July 2007, José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission (Brussels’ top bureaucrat) said rather a lot of the quiet part aloud.
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Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 31 Oct. 2024
To bring the historic document to life, the museum worked with the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music to create an artificial intelligence recording of Breton reading it aloud.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Ruth, rapt, reads aloud from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
Editor's tip: Read a chapter of the E. L. James classic aloud to your partner before busting this thing out.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Oct. 2024
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Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 31 Oct. 2024
To bring the historic document to life, the museum worked with the Institute for Research and Coordination in Acoustics/Music to create an artificial intelligence recording of Breton reading it aloud.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
Ruth, rapt, reads aloud from Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
Editor's tip: Read a chapter of the E. L. James classic aloud to your partner before busting this thing out.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Aloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloud. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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