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as in follower
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
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as in trace
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization
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Recent Examples of echo
Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 17 June 2026
Navarro was echoing a line of criticism by other members of the administration against Powell, who stepped down as chair in May but opted to retain his seat on the Fed’s Board of Governors.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 June 2026
Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
And yet there is something about it, an echo of the original barcode top which Newcastle wore in the early 1990s, when Keegan rescued the team from oblivion and then led them into the Premier League.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Verb
The View From South Africa Semakaleng Thulare, a senior official in South Africa’s statistics office, echoed concerns about Kenya’s plan.
—Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 17 June 2026
Navarro was echoing a line of criticism by other members of the administration against Powell, who stepped down as chair in May but opted to retain his seat on the Fed’s Board of Governors.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 17 June 2026
Noun
The pacing and nuanced editing echo and mirror the intense psychology of his paintings.
—Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026
And yet there is something about it, an echo of the original barcode top which Newcastle wore in the early 1990s, when Keegan rescued the team from oblivion and then led them into the Premier League.
—George Caulkin, New York Times, 11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for echo
Verb
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This is the justification for killing people, which, by the way, does not sound that different from the justifications governments offer for violating people’s human rights.—
Jen Chaney,
Vulture,
17 June 2026
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The observation cuts against the pressure many young people feel to create work that sounds politically approved, culturally optimized or algorithmically safe.—
Marc Adelman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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Already on Friday, some Labour MPs were repeating their calls for Starmer to step down even though Burnham himself shied away from explicitly referencing his leadership ambitions.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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Consistency is the accumulation of decisions, habits, and behaviors repeated over a long duration of time.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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The adventure content creator had amassed more than 320,000 followers on Facebook, while some of his reels garnered millions of views.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Musa has built a community of followers through her posts on the realities of modern life, netting her close to two million followers across social media platforms.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
15 June 2026
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Lucas Blalock likewise finds tragicomic potential in photography itself, inverting Photoshop as a mere tool of postproduction to foreground it as generative and creative, leaving visible traces of labor in ugly edits and unrefined refinements.—
Eugenie Brinkema,
ARTnews.com,
14 June 2026
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Up to 80% of visible skin aging traces back to cumulative unprotected UV exposure over a lifetime, per a 2013 study in Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology.—
Allison Palmer
Updated June 13,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
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What’s astonishing to me is that 40 years later, the film resonates with new audiences.—
Linnea Wicklund,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2026
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What appears to resonate most with fans is not the costume or the viral fame, but the relationship between the man and the dog.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 June 2026
Verb
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Now my kid can quote new research about the effects of caregiver screen use on children to back up those complaints.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
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The salon dinner held Tuesday at the Peninsula Beverly Hills was organized under Chatham House meeting rules, which allow participants to speak freely with the understanding that they will not be identified nor directly quoted in any subsequent public discussion of what was shared in the room.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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Steven Spielberg's dino masterpiece — which has spawned six sequels and countless imitators — ushered in a new wave of CGI filmmaking and became an instant sensation beyond what original author Michael Crichton could ever have envisioned.—
Huntley Woods,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 June 2026
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Their clothes inspired imitators.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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Bulgur is one of those wheat variants that in this country seems tethered to an unfair reputation as a leaden relic of 1970s health-food fads.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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His remains were unearthed in 2022, along with 13 others, as archeologists were working to preserve shallow battlefield graves from erosion and relic hunters.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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“Echo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echo. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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