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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
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
That idea of strategic disruption echoed through the panel.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 7 July 2025
Megan Feringa, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Or take the 1993 Tony Scott film True Romance, scripted by Quentin Tarantino, with its gonzo echo of the Annie Hall blow-up.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
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Verb
On defense, their physical profiles echo one another — 6-foot-10 wings with sprawling wingspans who can gobble up shots near the rim and redirect smaller ball handlers on the perimeter.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
That idea of strategic disruption echoed through the panel.
—Oumou Fofana, Essence, 7 July 2025
Noun
But the echoes remain, here in Switzerland, but potentially reverberating back home, where progress and evolution can take hold if harnessed.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Or take the 1993 Tony Scott film True Romance, scripted by Quentin Tarantino, with its gonzo echo of the Annie Hall blow-up.
—Steve Garbarino, HollywoodReporter, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for echo
Verb
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For virtually any disease, researchers, doctors, and patients will be able to visit a website and see much of what his team saw—a prospect that, to me, sounded both empowering and overwhelming.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
15 July 2025
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The whispers grow louder as the beeping becomes more frequent until finally, the alarm sounds.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Just very much on their own plane, dancing to their own beat, repeating their familiar one-step-forward, two-steps-back shuffle into the All-Star Break.—
Mirjam Swanson,
Oc Register,
14 July 2025
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To repeat the first question posed at the start of this review: What’s in a name?—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 July 2025
Noun
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In 2023, Angel Reese’s name, image, and likeness (NIL) valuation jumped during the week of the Final Four, alongside a spike in her follower count.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Still, the timing of the post and decision to highlight that bar in particular has Bey fans hitting Nicki and her followers with the side-eye.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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However, the meteorites contained only trace amounts of plagioclase, a mineral believed to dominate Mercury’s surface.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
14 July 2025
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Thomas Crooks, the 20-year-old weirdo who somehow managed to crawl onto that roof and get a clean line of sight to the biggest target in the world, left virtually no trace.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Verb
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But the track quickly resonated with fans, becoming his first entry on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart and the Billboard Hot 100 — and soon, the 23-year-old’s perspective changed.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
15 July 2025
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This streamlines workload by generating multiple versions of core messages tailored to different groups (executives versus front-line employees versus international teams) while analyzing past engagement data to optimize content that resonates best with each audience.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been widely quoted as instructing his office designers to assure no employee was more than 200 feet away from food.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
12 July 2025
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The content and opinions expressed are solely those of the entities mentioned and/or quoted in this article and do not represent those of the publication.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
Noun
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The SaaS model, once revolutionary, is now a relic.—
Deepinder Singh Sethi,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Her job was, in her estimation, a relic of a different time — the business no longer relies on broadcast network casting directors to discover talent through global searches and talent holding deals.—
Lacey Rose,
HollywoodReporter,
11 July 2025
Verb
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The ripple effects of the Medicaid and food stamp provisions will reverberate across public colleges and universities.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
14 July 2025
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According to the 2025 Faster Payments Barometer, the impact of payment delays reverberates throughout the entire organization.—
Dave Glaser,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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“Echo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echo. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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