by word of mouth
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: by being told by another person
We learned of this great restaurant by word of mouth.
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As the dentist predicted, birders eventually arrived, too, largely finding her home by word of mouth.
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Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
The autographs ballooned into the thousands by the 2000s — fueled, O'Connell suggests, by word of mouth through social media.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Like all the best family recipes, this keeper was passed down by word of mouth, to my dad from his Mémère, my great-grandmother.
—Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Her effort has grown by word of mouth and by social media posts.
—Mark Thiessen and Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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Benji Jones, Vox, 3 Jan. 2025
The autographs ballooned into the thousands by the 2000s — fueled, O'Connell suggests, by word of mouth through social media.
—Piet Levy, Journal Sentinel, 11 Dec. 2024
Like all the best family recipes, this keeper was passed down by word of mouth, to my dad from his Mémère, my great-grandmother.
—Ivy Odom, Southern Living, 30 Nov. 2024
Her effort has grown by word of mouth and by social media posts.
—Mark Thiessen and Becky Bohrer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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“By word of mouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20word%20of%20mouth. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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