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Re:The sad story of Heisenberg's doctoral oral exam (1998) by msla on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:32AM (#33909810)
No, verbal contrasts with written, as in verbal instructions versus written instructions. Is English your first language?
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Re:The sad story of Heisenberg's doctoral oral exam (1998) by macintux on Thursday December 08, 2022 @11:39AM (#33909917)
Yes, first and effectively only.

First definition at MW:

> of, relating to, or consisting of words

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/verbal

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Re:The sad story of Heisenberg's doctoral oral exam (1998) by msla on Thursday December 08, 2022 @12:56PM (#33910890)
https://www.lawdepot.com/blog/are-verbal-agreements-legally-...

> When two or more parties come to an agreement without any written documentation, they create a verbal agreement (known formally as an oral contract).

I think that alone demonstrates that verbal contrasts with written.

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Re:The sad story of Heisenberg's doctoral oral exam (1998) by macintux on Friday December 09, 2022 @06:23AM (#33920137)
The fact that many people use it in opposition to written is insufficient proof that all dictionaries are wrong. Eventually it may only mean oral, but today it doesn’t.
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