echo chamber
noun
: a room with sound-reflecting walls used for producing hollow or echoing sound effects
—often used figuratively
Living in a kind of echo chamber of their own opinions, they pay attention to information that fits their conclusions and ignore information that does not.—
James Surowiecki
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The Week Escape your echo chamber.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 Mar. 2026
And there’s echo chambers that are just reinforcing that and reinforcing that.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Feb. 2026
In this environment, classrooms risk becoming echo chambers rather than spaces for inquiry.
—Robert Casper, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Used carefully, these tools can interrupt the mental echo chamber that solitary practice can create without asserting correctness.
—Harvey Lieberman, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
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The Week Us, TheWeek, 8 Mar. 2026
And there’s echo chambers that are just reinforcing that and reinforcing that.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Feb. 2026
In this environment, classrooms risk becoming echo chambers rather than spaces for inquiry.
—Robert Casper, Boston Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
Used carefully, these tools can interrupt the mental echo chamber that solitary practice can create without asserting correctness.
—Harvey Lieberman, STAT, 11 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for echo chamber
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“Echo chamber.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/echo%20chamber. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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