: the range within which one may hear a person's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
Examples of earshot in a Sentence
They were within earshot of each other.
babysitters should remain within earshot of young children
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Special Teams Matt Quinn returns for a final season on the Southside and is within earshot of moving into first place in career PATs made at UAB and should finish in the top five of all-time field goals made for the Blazers.
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Evan Dudley, al, 30 Aug. 2023
Did no one within earshot of Torero Stadium — team leaders in shoulder pads or those in authority — scream from the onset that hazing ranked as an even a bigger no-no than normal?
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
The Four Seasons Resort and Residences Anguilla has an oceanfront spa with an infinity pool and treatment rooms within earshot of the waves.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2023
And his outburst had occurred within earshot of students, many of them with phones and social media accounts.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
During the interviews, the armed Ukrainian officer guarding the men remained within earshot in the next room.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
On June 21, when Boebert approached her on the floor of the House, Greene lashed out in full view of the C-SPAN cameras, within earshot of reporters and other lawmakers.
—Molly Ball, Time, 18 July 2023
Aim for acoustic privacy Noise in open-plan offices has always been a top complaint when designers haven’t taken care to create some acoustic privacy through use of sound-absorbing materials and locating collaboration spaces out of earshot of individual desks.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 26 June 2023
The men were taken for interrogation to a filtration camp in a disused factory, where their commander was beaten within earshot of the whole unit.
—Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023
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Evan Dudley, al, 30 Aug. 2023
Did no one within earshot of Torero Stadium — team leaders in shoulder pads or those in authority — scream from the onset that hazing ranked as an even a bigger no-no than normal?
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
The Four Seasons Resort and Residences Anguilla has an oceanfront spa with an infinity pool and treatment rooms within earshot of the waves.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 14 Aug. 2023
And his outburst had occurred within earshot of students, many of them with phones and social media accounts.
—Charles Homans, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
During the interviews, the armed Ukrainian officer guarding the men remained within earshot in the next room.
—Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
On June 21, when Boebert approached her on the floor of the House, Greene lashed out in full view of the C-SPAN cameras, within earshot of reporters and other lawmakers.
—Molly Ball, Time, 18 July 2023
Aim for acoustic privacy Noise in open-plan offices has always been a top complaint when designers haven’t taken care to create some acoustic privacy through use of sound-absorbing materials and locating collaboration spaces out of earshot of individual desks.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 26 June 2023
The men were taken for interrogation to a filtration camp in a disused factory, where their commander was beaten within earshot of the whole unit.
—Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1607, in the meaning defined above
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“Earshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earshot. Accessed 25 Sep. 2023.
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earshot
noun
ear·shot
-ˌshät 
: the range within which a person can hear another's unaided voice
waited until he was out of earshot
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