as in hearing
range of hearing babysitters should remain within earshot of young children

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Recent Examples of earshot The heated exchange, which reportedly occurred within earshot of President Donald Trump and other administration officials, highlighted ongoing friction within Trump's economic team, particularly over control of the Internal Revenue Service. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025 Dana rushes to draw Mel’s blood, while also ordering every doctor and nurse within earshot who’s a universal donor to get in line behind Mel. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025 Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot. Matt Kracht, People.com, 11 Mar. 2025 Following the TVLine Spotlight conversation, with the cameras off and the crowd out of earshot, TVLine invited McClarnon to freely elaborate on the very special cameos. Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for earshot
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Noun
  • Jackson has been ordered detained, and Wallace and Hughes-Murchison will have detention hearings later this week, prosecutors said.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the rescissions package on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 25, 2025, in Washington.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The event will also include immersive activations designed to showcase every facet of the production process, from costume displays, interactive sound mixing and editing exhibits to a script wall featuring pivotal scenes and an interactive room.
    The Deadline Team, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Additional design credits include lighting by Tony winner Donald Holder, sound by Justin Ellington and Beth Lake, projections by Nathan Amzi and Joe Ransom, hair by Robert Pickens and makeup by Katie Gell.
    Dave Quinn, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The elites of colonial society had to legislate difference in status, distance in proximity, and the alienation of affections between people of European, African and Indigenous ancestry.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
  • What's more, the planet apparently orbits at a distance from the star where temperatures might be cozy enough for life, according to a pair of reports accepted by The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
    Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Although the Cowboys have no plans of moving on from the homegrown star, the end of this saga appears to be nowhere in sight.
    Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Kangaroos lounge lazily on the beach, a surreal sight against the turquoise sea—while snorkelers drift through clear shallows teeming with Australian salmon, blue groper, and queen snapper.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025

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“Earshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earshot. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.

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