Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdrops (on)
Verb
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The department also offers free alerts through its Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), which monitors and provides notifications throughout a traveler’s international journey and allows the government to more easily contact travelers in an emergency.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
12 Jan. 2026 -
Four seats are available on the nine-member Climate and Resiliency Commission, which monitors the city’s greenhouse gas emissions and efforts to implement the Climate Action Plan.—
Luke Harold,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Alma peers through a keyhole and spies her mother (Susanne Wuest) standing before a candlelit shrine to the family’s dead.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 Nov. 2025
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And when Clara spies her classmate Miller Adams (Mason Thames) along the roadside, and decides to give him a ride, the film introduces a next-generation complication-that-isn’t-really-one.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Your colleague hears the exact same words and has an opposite reaction.—
Andy Molinsky,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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Hamilton’s struggle with the utility services is one of the most common issues the organization hears daily.—
Richard Lane,
Des Moines Register,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Eavesdrops (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdrops%20%28on%29. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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