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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
Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
Inside, a vintage patchwork leather sofa informs elements like immersive black marble walls whose veins echo waves framed by glass walls.
—Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Again there are some clear echoes in what’s happening with AI today.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Senate Majority Leader Melissa Wintrow, a Boise Democrat serving on the Legislature’s Medicaid Review Panel, echoed those concerns.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 3 Sep. 2025
Inside, a vintage patchwork leather sofa informs elements like immersive black marble walls whose veins echo waves framed by glass walls.
—Will Speros, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
While there are echoes of the original show’s characters here, for the most part the dynamics are quite different.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Again there are some clear echoes in what’s happening with AI today.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for echo
Verb
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The Broncos used big play after big play to amass a silly-sounding 637 yards of offense and consistently thrill the Albertsons Stadium crowd of 32,887 — officially the ninth home sellout in a row.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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In a city of 20 million people, where most sidewalks are dilapidated, getting stuck in slow-moving traffic can sound as loud as a rock concert.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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And for another, the commercial spaceflight company founded by billionaire Elon Musk has struggled this year to repeat the successes of previous Starship test flights.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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Can Texas repeat our predictive prowess?—
The Athletic College Football Staff,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Tate has amassed more than 10 million followers on X and hundreds of thousands more on other platforms like Telegram and Truth Social.—
Will Carless,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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To emphasize the sad state of affairs, Ilett updated his followers on another bad hair day from inside a running shower, his matted locks drooping to his cheekbones.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Viper represents a novel capability to deploy from a distance, operate without being detected and then depart without leaving a trace, in a way that would be impossible otherwise.—
David Hambling,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Vogue’s senior beauty shopping writer Kiana Murden has been hooked on it since her first trial—using it to not only remove traces of foundation, but also refresh her skin in the morning.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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General manager Mike Hazen addressed the D-Backs in the clubhouse after the deadline deals, and Saalfrank said the message – to concdentrate on the present but also play for the future – resonated with the group.—
Jack Magruder,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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And yet, underneath at their core, the sameness of these two men resonated.—
Natasha Stoynoff,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Now before anyone decides to quote me as saying that Einstein’s theory of relativity is wrong, don’t.—
Don Lincoln,
Big Think,
29 Aug. 2025
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Hell, there’s an entire TikTok channel that just features a guy reading different Bourdain quotes over travel montages and, sometimes, Bourdain clip shows.—
Tres Dean,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Top off fall fits with cozy scarves—think last year’s iconic Acne Studio scarf (and its many imitators) that is still going strong.—
Celia Shatzman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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The LLMs behind generative agents and chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are certainly expert imitators.—
Webb Wright,
Scientific American,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So, what was this relic doing under my bed?—
Marni Jameson,
Arkansas Online,
29 Aug. 2025
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The company was widely dismissed as a relic of declining foot traffic and a fad retail concept that had already peaked.—
Jim Osman,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Echo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echo. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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