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Recent Examples of listen
Grandparents make the time to listen, to tell stories, and to simply be present.
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Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Typically, a magistrate who presides over an impasse hearing listens to testimony from both sides and then issues a report recommending which positions should be followed.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
One of the people listening was an imposing but soft-spoken guy dressed in black, with a baseball cap nearly covering his eyes.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Sanjar drives through the refuge daily listening for it.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
Typically, a magistrate who presides over an impasse hearing listens to testimony from both sides and then issues a report recommending which positions should be followed.
—Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
One of the people listening was an imposing but soft-spoken guy dressed in black, with a baseball cap nearly covering his eyes.
—Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
Sanjar drives through the refuge daily listening for it.
—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listen
hear
Verb
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Behind the table was an orchestra, barely playing loud enough to hear.—
Rebecca Morin,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2026
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Guests went diving under tables as the scene unfolded and some reported hearing shots outside the vast subterranean ballroom in the Washington Hilton where the event was being held.—
Collin Binkley,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Listen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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