How to pronounce dates
Listen to dates in real sentences, spoken by real people, in the original YouTube videos. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“dates” in real sentences
1000+ clips in the index · 480 American · 658 British. Clips come from parliamentary and government channels under open licences.
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And again, these dates can be actual dates or estimated dates.
Dept of Labor · watch from 4:55 · hear it here
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expected completion dates.
The Scottish Parliament · watch from 12:37 · hear it here
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are are all those dates still valid target dates for accomplishment?
NTSB · watch from 65:24 · hear it here
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dates, since CASRNs for some contaminants look like dates to Excel.
CDC · watch from 34:36 · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of dates. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.