by word of mouth
idiom
: by being told by another person
We learned of this great restaurant by word of mouth.
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Where Season 1 thrived on discovery — not only the grand revelation of each new game, including their rules and customs, but also a sleeper hit that caught on by word of mouth rather than pre-release hype — Season 2 survives by knowing there’s less to discover.
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2024
With that knowledge, instead of trying to find out by word of mouth about such situations, Allina Health EMS built an alert into their dispatch system.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024
At an emergency gathering April 2, hundreds of students, alerted by word of mouth, comforted one another.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Sep. 2024
As the dentist predicted, birders eventually arrived, too, largely finding her home by word of mouth.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Dec. 2024
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Ben Travers, IndieWire, 26 Dec. 2024
With that knowledge, instead of trying to find out by word of mouth about such situations, Allina Health EMS built an alert into their dispatch system.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 15 Dec. 2024
At an emergency gathering April 2, hundreds of students, alerted by word of mouth, comforted one another.
—Lily Kepner, Austin American-Statesman, 23 Sep. 2024
As the dentist predicted, birders eventually arrived, too, largely finding her home by word of mouth.
—Benji Jones, Vox, 4 Dec. 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 18 Jan. 2025.
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