Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdrop (on)
Verb
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Isolated data centers underwater can also be harder to monitor and, therefore, to identify if a component breaks.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 May 2026 -
Disputing accounts, following up with creditors, and monitoring your credit can be time-consuming and frustrating.—
Miranda Marquit,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Try to do it in advance so that the conversation can be heard as a request to plan, rather than a demand for course correction.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2026
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The disease left her unable to hear much of anything, including conversation.—
Bob Brody,
Baltimore Sun,
9 May 2026
Verb
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But as examples like those above illustrate, there’s little reason for companies to resort to outright spying like this, because users simply can’t wait to divulge the most intimate details of their minds and bodies voluntarily.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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Everything about this, particularly the spying part, seems positivily Hitchcockian.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Singer Sam Smith is reportedly engaged to British designer Christian Cowan, according to a source who allegedly overheard the couple discussing their betrothal in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Sakeena was standing nearby and overheard much of the conversation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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“Eavesdrop (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdrop%20%28on%29. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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