listen in
verb
listened in; listening in; listens in
1
: to tune in to or monitor a broadcast
2
: to listen to a conversation without participating in it
especially
: eavesdrop
Examples of listen in in a Sentence
it's not polite to listen in on other people's private conversations
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Tools that can listen in the background and auto-generate clinical notes are reshaping how physicians, NPs, and PAs manage documentation.
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David Chou, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Marianne listens in shock to her daughter's story about her surgical intern friend.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The Chinese government could listen in to phone calls and read text messages.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
But after detectives left him and Bey IV alone in an interrogation room – without recording or listening in on the conversation – Broussard confessed.
—Thomas Peele, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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David Chou, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025
Marianne listens in shock to her daughter's story about her surgical intern friend.
—Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
The Chinese government could listen in to phone calls and read text messages.
—Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
But after detectives left him and Bey IV alone in an interrogation room – without recording or listening in on the conversation – Broussard confessed.
—Thomas Peele, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
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“Listen in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listen%20in. Accessed 12 Aug. 2025.
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