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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
Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Voice messages announcing deaths are layered over static shots of an empty home, echoing her own experience of events unfolding.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
To me, the echoes of history and of my hometown were never too far away.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Verb
That view was echoed by veteran market strategist Ed Yardeni, who described the rally as a forward-looking bet that the conflict will prove temporary, even after recent developments.
—Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
Voice messages announcing deaths are layered over static shots of an empty home, echoing her own experience of events unfolding.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
Noun
Their echo reverberates, the force of each choke conjuring a frame in painful contraction.
—Courtney Crowder, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026
To me, the echoes of history and of my hometown were never too far away.
—Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for echo
Verb
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Two Southwest Airlines jets recently had to take evasive action at Nashville International Airport after collision alarms sounded in the cockpit.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2026
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Just as the story mines humor from the collision of old-fashioned ways with a modern frankness, Paul’s score combines the appeal of jaunty golden-age sounds with a freshness that feels present day.—
Naveen Kumar,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Scammers can repeat this process hundreds of times a day, building detailed profiles with very little effort.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2026
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In 17 minutes, the notification was repeated a total of five times.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Getting followers on my account was never my intention going into this.—
Erin Vanderhoof,
Vanity Fair,
20 Apr. 2026
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Online, Marshall has over 10 million followers across his TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channels for his popular fitness content and dance-style workouts.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In a time when science’s boundaries were less stable, Lamarck’s poetic theories had significant influence, and its traces can even be detected in contemporary epigenetics.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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The satellite also hosts the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which aims to monitor key air quality trace gases and aerosols over Europe in support of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) at high spatial resolution and with a fast revisit time.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There’s an energy about it that really resonates and is powerful.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
24 Apr. 2026
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That value proposition seems to be resonating.—
James Manso,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
Verb
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One online commenter said he’s been quoted around $13,000 to comply with Berkeley’s stricter version of Zone Zero.—
Noah Haggerty,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Internet access will only be restored after the war ends, the official Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reported earlier this week, quoting Elias Hazrati, the head of Iran’s Government Information Council.—
Alayna Treene,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In Karp’s telling, Basquiat is someone who Just Did Things, like today’s defense tech founders, who possess a similar kind of creative conviction, as opposed to the consumer tech imitators of yesteryear.—
Simon Denny,
Artforum,
20 Apr. 2026
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This cheesecake imitator is delicious topped with fresh strawberries, but other fruits can be substituted, such as pineapple or peaches.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
13 Apr. 2026
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Decades of sidelining this relic have unlocked markets to reward efficiency, innovation and scale — delivering genuine consumer wins at the checkout line.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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This relic of a production, however, doesn’t feel particularly dangerous, shocking or even gleeful.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Echo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echo. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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