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Recent Examples of hard of hearing
From Maryland to Mecca, the weather is sending us a message—but some politicians remain stubbornly hard of hearing.
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Jack Sullivan, airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
These specs are intended for those who are hard of hearing.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
In addition to all of the specialty plates offered for purchase, there are also specific plates to accommodate qualified individuals or vehicles, such as alternative fuel plates, energy efficient plates, disability plates and deaf/hard of hearing plates.
—Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
With a film that attracts deaf and hard of hearing audiences, O’Daniel and Davis focused on captions that would make the film more immersive and easier to follow.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
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Jack Sullivan, airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024
These specs are intended for those who are hard of hearing.
—Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 10 Jan. 2025
In addition to all of the specialty plates offered for purchase, there are also specific plates to accommodate qualified individuals or vehicles, such as alternative fuel plates, energy efficient plates, disability plates and deaf/hard of hearing plates.
—Dylan Wickman, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2024
With a film that attracts deaf and hard of hearing audiences, O’Daniel and Davis focused on captions that would make the film more immersive and easier to follow.
—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hard of hearing
Adjective
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Director Naoko Yamada and Kyoto Animation weave a beautifully intimate coming-of-age story of a young deaf girl and the sixth-grade bully who, years later, becomes a social outcast and tries to atone for his past cruelty.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
4 June 2025
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The family has since adopted a 2.5-month-old puppy named Ellie, who is also deaf, according to a recent Facebook post.—
Raven Brunner,
People.com,
2 June 2025
Adjective
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Understanding and anticipating where earthlike planets form first, and thus targeting observations to avoid blind searches, minimizes the average observation time for detecting an earthlike planets and maximizes the number of detections, the authors write.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Making blind mice see For the experiments, the team selected genetically blind mice that lost their sight shortly after birth due to deteriorating photoreceptor cells.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
Adjective
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To remind us that behind every mute button is a person.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Please check back again soon for the recorded video. LIVE VIDEO TO BEGIN AFTER AD Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Use up and down arrows to change volume, and spacebar or enter to toggle mute.—
Tyler Shane,
Wired News,
31 May 2025
Adjective
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Amid rising ocean temperatures, scientists expect to find even more diseased coral colonies in the future.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
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If it is infected later, those plants produce diseased kernels that are shriveled and wilted.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
4 June 2025
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Decades later, an increasingly erratic and incapacitated C.F. railed against his three sons’ attempts to take over Seabrook Farms.—
Heller McAlpin,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 June 2025
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For his part, Russell isn’t going for embodying just another big-screen bad guy, but rather an intriguing and respected citizen on the surface here with a beloved dog and an incapacitated wife who will figure into Kateri’s plans.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Hard of hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hard%20of%20hearing. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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