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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
Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson echoed that sentiment, saying the results reflected voter frustration but not a rejection of the GOP.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Andy Crump, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, there’s a long way to go to match bats, which can contract and compress their muscles to listen only to certain echoes and can detect something as small as a human hair from several meters away.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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Verb
This past June, Braun echoed those sentiments while guesting on The Diary of a CEO podcast.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Speaker Mike Johnson echoed that sentiment, saying the results reflected voter frustration but not a rejection of the GOP.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
Advertisement Jude’s thoughts on AI echo talk from Hollywood’s pro-AI camp, from Kevin O’Leary to James Cameron to Netflix, about the technology as an implement for cutting costs.
—Andy Crump, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
Still, there’s a long way to go to match bats, which can contract and compress their muscles to listen only to certain echoes and can detect something as small as a human hair from several meters away.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for echo
Verb
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Perhaps that’s why I am obsessed with how sentences sound?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
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With heat records being broken year after year, and progress on emissions lagging, even the most radical climate ideas are starting to sound less far-fetched.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The score consists of fifty-three melodic cells in and around the key of C; the performers are directed to move through these cells at their own pace, repeating them at will before moving on to the next.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Looking to repeat, the Gators own the best frontcourt in college basketball thanks to Thomas Haugh, Alex Condon, Rueben Chinyelu and Micah Handlogten returning.—
Scott Phillips,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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And their reach now goes far beyond the parish; the nuns now have their own Instagram account, currently with 70,000 followers.—
Esme Nicholson,
NPR,
4 Nov. 2025
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Murphy has produced countless TV shows that have been heaped with acclaim, ratings and awards and Kardashian is a reality show star turned businesswoman and billionaire, with millions of followers and fans hooked to her every move.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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To that end, Lasky is sure to give plenty of attention to the unearthly, haunting, and ethereal traces that mark our world.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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For more reliable verification, try using reverse image search tools like Google Images or TinEye to trace origins, or use specialized AI image detectors like TruthScan, which scans for artificial generation artifacts with high precision.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The producers insisted the bolder moniker would resonate better with American audiences.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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But his pledge to address rising costs appears to be resonating with young people far outside of the five boroughs.—
Elena Moore,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Even rarer than that, Thomas Jefferson was quoted — prominently and at length — in the spot where a guitar solo might have gone.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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In just a few days, a Karl Marx-quoting communist who has struggled to disavow Hamas is likely to be elected the next mayor of the nation's financial and cultural epicenter.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This quickly became the world's best-selling pen and was soon followed by many imitators that sold in the billions.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Oct. 2025
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These are people who are in the know, many of whom actually thought of him as kind of a loser, as kind of an imitator.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In that moment, the bottle isn’t a relic.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
3 Nov. 2025
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In the years since, the battle’s decisive tactics have been closely studied, but archaeologists from the University of Glasgow and the National Trust for Scotland recently discovered an array of physical relics from the deadly conflict.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
30 Oct. 2025
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“Echo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echo. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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