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Recent Examples of earshot
And now this only child is camped out in her apartment and is having a lot of phone sex with any number of lovers, all within earshot of his dying mother.
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Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Paige Bueckers announced her greatness to anyone within earshot.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
When your child is in earshot, say something wonderful about them.
—Margery D. Rosen, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
Districts that adopt a prayer policy must make sure prayer and scripture reading don’t take place in the physical presence or within earshot of a student whose parents haven’t signed a consent form.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Isle McElroy, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
Paige Bueckers announced her greatness to anyone within earshot.
—Chantel Jennings, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2026
When your child is in earshot, say something wonderful about them.
—Margery D. Rosen, Parents, 5 Mar. 2026
Districts that adopt a prayer policy must make sure prayer and scripture reading don’t take place in the physical presence or within earshot of a student whose parents haven’t signed a consent form.
—Silas Allen, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earshot
Noun
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Warsh views on independence In remarks he's scheduled to deliver to the committee at the hearing's start, Warsh issued a qualified endorsement of Fed independence.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Continue reading … POLITICS IN THE HOT SEAT — Warsh faces high-stakes Senate confirmation hearing to lead world’s most powerful central bank.—
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FOXNews.com,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lightning Bolt have less interest in construction or expansion, instead boiling down their already heavy sound into a dense, nutrient-rich slurry.—
Reed Jackson,
SPIN,
24 Apr. 2026
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Together with the rapid motion of the PBH—traveling at hundreds of times the speed of sound through the bulk of our planet—this would create a shock wave not too dissimilar from an earthquake.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Dosunmu’s 25 points came while going 0 for 3 from distance.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2026
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At Metochi Farmhouse, which can be glimpsed in the distance, five minutes’ drive from Tella Thera, charismatic duo Eleni Kokkinaki and twinkly-eyed mother Chrisoula, aka ‘Mama’, teach hands-on Cretan cooking classes from the garden of their beautiful smallholding.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Floyd, distraught by his own physical failures, is nevertheless repulsed by the sight of Carol in her big, burly ump gear.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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And unlike past eras of elevated job insecurity, like the COVID-19 pandemic, the AI revolution has no end in sight.—
Claire Zillman,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Earshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earshot. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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