echoed

past tense of echo
1
as in sounded
to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves my calls for help echoed off the walls of the abandoned mine shaft

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2
as in repeated
to say after another the little brats sassed the babysitter by echoing in a singsong voice everything she said

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Recent Examples of echoed Even one of the beef’s catalysts, Metro Boomin, echoed the sentiment, lamenting how online fans had turned the battle into something sinister. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2026 Ivan Nazarov, a new university graduate who moved to the Armenian capital of Yerevan, echoed her sentiment. ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026 Wide receiver Josh Downs, speaking from an offensive perspective, echoed the same sentiment. James Boyd, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Reinforcing Internal Messages Through Media Coverage I’ve found that internal messages gain the most traction when they are echoed externally. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 Ivan Nazarov, a new university graduate who moved to the Armenian capital, Yerevan, echoed her sentiment. Dasha Litvinova, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026 Only this time, the familiar sound echoed through the building as students tried to find their way in the unfamiliar new structure's maze-like hallways. Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026 Saajid Khan, a 21-year-old University of South Florida student, echoed those sentiments. Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 6 Sep. 2026 The instrument, brought to the Americas with the African slave trade, echoed another history of endurance, creativity, and cultural inheritance. Octavia McBride-Ahebee, Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for echoed
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  • Poland also sounded the alarm about Russia, with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warning on Thursday that Moscow could send drones or missiles into NATO countries allied with Ukraine in the coming months.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Five alerts sounded during a business conference, with guests and speakers leaving and returning after the all-clear, each time.
    Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026
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  • An inexpensive model call can become a significant operating expense when repeated millions of times.
    Nitin Gupta, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • There’s much jargon-y talk of unlocking freedom and earning potential, repeated with dead-eyed belief by Marshall’s protégés, some with more persuasive swagger than others.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2026
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  • Minutes after the fight ended, a lone 911 caller rang authorities to report the brawl.
    Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • According to the arrest report, detectives then found surveillance video showing the outside of the victim’s home moments before the two kidnappers rang the doorbell.
    KFOX Staff, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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  • Notably, while readers shared their experiences, few were willing to be quoted on record, suggesting a stigma surrounding the use of these drugs despite their popularity.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • In an April letter to the EPA, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, quoted an xAI senior manager who described the plan as copy and paste from Colossus 1.
    Austyn Gaffney, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2026
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  • Those are the things that really stood out to me going through that experience that really resonated with me as a player and certainly resonated with me as a coach.
    Zach Berman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • His willingness to relinquish power set a powerful precedent for American leadership that resonated far beyond our state’s borders.
    Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2026
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  • The subsequent media storm and trials set off a series of events that reverberated for years to come.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Coxon's alarm reverberated on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are fully aware of the national debate over AI and data centers, which has overtaken many of their midterm elections this fall.
    Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
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  • The hearing room resounded with charges of manipulation and urgent calls for action.
    Daniel Yergin, Time, 20 June 2026
  • The hymn’s plea resounded in the cavernous venue after the director cut us off.
    Katie Thornton, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026

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“Echoed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echoed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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