by word of mouth
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see word of mouth.
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Orally, by one person telling another, as in They don't advertise; they get all their customers by word of mouth. [Mid-1500s]
Example Sentences
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Their popularity has spread by word of mouth and by TikTokers who have ranked them among the city’s top Catholic parishes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026
Advertisements for his services seem to spread by word of mouth.
From BBC • May 1, 2025
More than 500 workers turned up at the KIWA’s event, several hundred more than initially expected as word of the government program and the registration clinic spread by word of mouth.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2024
Many attendees said they had learned about the event by word of mouth, often on WhatsApp groups with fellow immigrants.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
If information could be passed on merely by word of mouth, how little we should know of our past, how slow would be our progress!
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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