1
as in realizing
to come to an awareness of
I heard your sister is home from the hospital
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2
as in listening
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing
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Recent Examples of hearing
Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The film comes amid a series of headline-making bipartisan Congressional hearings on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) calling for transparency about what the government might know about non-human intelligent life.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Joining Duane, Bill mentioned hearing the bear.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
But a 2019 report from the Government Accountability Office found that the ability and willingness of families to pursue such hearings varies widely due to language barriers, ability to find an attorney, legal costs, and fears of retaliation, among other factors.
—Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
The film comes amid a series of headline-making bipartisan Congressional hearings on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) calling for transparency about what the government might know about non-human intelligent life.
—James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Verb
Nearly 11 days later, Di Cesare began hearing a disembodied voice calling out his name from his dorm room.
—Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
Joining Duane, Bill mentioned hearing the bear.
—Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearing
Noun
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The American Culture Quiz is a weekly test of our unique national traits, trends, history and people, including current events and the sights and sounds of the United States.—
Khloe Quill , Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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About five minutes into the first quarter, the voices of announcers Chris Myers and Mark Schlereth dropped from the broadcast, along with all other sound, and the broadcast continued in silence.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Sharp ultimately had to comp just the one meal Monday before realizing that one Toast terminal at the restaurant could store the transactions.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
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Nothing was more freeing than finally realizing how poisonous these people are.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
21 Oct. 2025
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His hobbies include reading, listening to music and going on long, winding adventures on his road bike.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 Oct. 2025
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But in listening to separate end-of-season reflections from Tucker and Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer, both sides sound detached.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The sight of Musk swinging a chainsaw onstage at a conservative conference captured the pell-mell approach, not to mention the brutality, of the billionaire’s plan to bring the federal government to heel.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025
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Set your sights on Kilkenny in the southeast of the country, where celebrations take place throughout the month and culminate in a Samhain festival.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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Health inspectors cited the soul food restaurant after discovering that the kitchen handwashing sink was blocked with multiple plastic buckets in the sink basin.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Levy was cast by Mark Bennett, arguably best known for discovering Amy Adams via 2005’s Junebug.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The legend began after a series of bizarre and terrifying encounters in which settlers reported seeing the ghostly figure charging through the desert, sometimes trampling livestock or vanishing into the night.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Progressive Democratic New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani has a 21-point lead in the race to become mayor of New York City, with voters seeing him as the best choice to handle the city’s problems, according to a new Fox News poll.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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In the end, Krantz added, adopting a more strategic approach ultimately benefits customers, allowing companies to use their time and money more effectively by learning from the successes of others.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
16 Oct. 2025
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Link’s flight simulators supercharging our pilot training with adaptive decision-making under pressure; medical residents refining teamwork and communication in simulated trauma bays; managers learning leadership through live project crises with shifting constraints and incomplete information.—
Joe Boylan,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Partner can double with hearts, thus finding an eight-card fit whenever possible.—
Deb Harvell,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025
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So many of McAnally’s song ideas have been mined from his knack for finding stories in everyday life.—
Nancy Kruh,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearing. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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