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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The text of the resolution, which was a summary of Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro’s Feb. 27 letter to the council sharing the conclusions of his three-year investigation, was read aloud ahead of the vote.
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
During the memorial, Díaz-Balart’s son Daniel read aloud the names of Cuban political prisoners, underscoring his father’s belief that their names should never be forgotten.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
After the chamber approved the resolution in a 224-198-2 vote, Green presented himself in the well of the House so Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) could read the censure measure aloud, the customary sequence of events for the formal congressional rebuke.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2025
Once a full draft of the play was finished, Tom Smith, who helped run the Writers Institute, and Bruce Bouchard and Peter Clough, the Capital Rep’s co-producing directors, trekked to Morrison’s home, where the novelist read the entire play aloud.
—Elon Green, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
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Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2025
During the memorial, Díaz-Balart’s son Daniel read aloud the names of Cuban political prisoners, underscoring his father’s belief that their names should never be forgotten.
—Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2025
After the chamber approved the resolution in a 224-198-2 vote, Green presented himself in the well of the House so Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) could read the censure measure aloud, the customary sequence of events for the formal congressional rebuke.
—Mychael Schnell, The Hill, 6 Mar. 2025
Once a full draft of the play was finished, Tom Smith, who helped run the Writers Institute, and Bruce Bouchard and Peter Clough, the Capital Rep’s co-producing directors, trekked to Morrison’s home, where the novelist read the entire play aloud.
—Elon Green, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Aloud.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aloud. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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