Thesaurus results for LISTEN IN

listen in (on)

verb

Definition of listen in (on)

as in to eavesdrop (on)

to listen to (another in private conversation) it's not polite to listen in on other people's private conversations

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Havard declined to comment on reports that Jimmy Carr is being lined up as the motoring show’s new host, but Deadline hears talks are underway with the comedian.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026
The court also heard testimony from Christine Reglin, a special agent with the Kansas Bureau of Investigation, who maintained that the agency didn’t think Fatherley’s actions that night constituted a crime.

— Sofi Zeman August 25, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of hear

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Warsh's remarks will be closely monitored for any indication of his views on how monetary policy should respond to persistently above-target inflation, or the impact of rising long-term borrowing costs.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Hutton said Calumet College regularly sends representatives to the school to monitor it, including its governance system and academic programs.

— Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of monitor

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Satellite imagery has already spied an area of rising seas expanding north from South and Central America to California’s Baja Peninsula, with a northward expansion expected from there.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
He was arrested by the police and convicted of spying for a terror plot against the network.

— Cora Engelbrecht, New Yorker, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of spy

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Eve’s Hollywood, gossipy and full of anecdote captures a more recent version of the conversations Arzner used to overhear at her father’s Hollywood restaurant.

— Anne E. Fernald, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026
Amabile’s wife, Serena Pitt, can be overheard asking him as another staple is clipped out and placed into a plastic container.

— Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of overhear

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listening (to)

listen in (on)

listens

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