echoes 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of echo
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as in sounds
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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as in repeats
to say after another the little brats sassed the babysitter by echoing in a singsong voice everything she said

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echoes

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noun

variants also echos
plural of echo
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as in followers
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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Recent Examples of echoes
Noun
The looks were presented in pairs to highlight affinities, variations and visual echoes that reflect the designers’ methodology and approach rooted in the principle of duality. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026 And though unquantifiable, the echoes of the immense reputational damage that the innovative industry in Silicon Valley suffered as a consequence of Holmes's deception still reverberate to this day. — Taylor Dunn, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 This is a technology, which Sheeran mastered in his early years as a busker, that lets a guy perform with himself, in echoes, alone, harmonizing with his own voice. — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026 The Zombies’ records are notable for their production values, bringing in echoes and other effects for songs that in lesser hands would be simple unadorned rave-ups. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 White, Hampton tells Ditka, still can hear the echoes of Ditka on full blast. — Dan Pompei, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 Which helps, because from a macro perspective, the echoes of 1999 continue to redound in the background. — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026 The film plays with their different registers and has multiple echoes from other films. — Roberto Prieto, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026 The echoes of his shot died away and the jungle was as still as a grave. — Leslie E. Tassell, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
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Verb
  • Maryland’s May 2026 law covers images, audio and video created or altered with AI or other digital tools to falsely depict a person in a way that looks or sounds genuine.
    — Stefani Langehennig, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Though its name sounds generic, Privacy Manager has a very specific and limited function.
    — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • For the Sk8-Hi, the upper’s medial side hosts both the full Dodgers script and the LA logo, the latter of which repeats at the top of the heel.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jean-Michel Basquiat celebrates Hughes with a work on paper that repeats the writer's name to spread awareness of his work.
    — Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Unlike Sao Paulo, Rio has a more touristic atmosphere that has drawn a new batch of football followers from South America.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Glover brings to the Hollywood talent agency a social media presence that includes around 532,000 Instagram followers and another 250,000-plus on the X platform.
    — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • By the time Simon helped with the redecoration, her dad had settled into another chapter of life, selling arcade games and raising his family, and leaving the traces of his former career stored in a large collection of Kodachrome slides.
    — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Reading the casebooks, reading in other archives, but also a sense of reading the cityscape, seeking traces of these lives that had been and gone and yet felt extremely close to me.
    — Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The analogy resonates, but Ming-Trent — who found confidence in the verbal and intellectual bravado of Shakespeare — seems to have embraced only half the equation that made those artists great.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2026
  • This is probably the criticism of originalism that most resonates with my own students.
    — Brian Fitzpatrick, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • This article quotes language that may be offensive to readers.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
  • To better understand Lizzie and Emma’s experience, as well as that of other middle-class women at the time, Robertson quotes contemporary journalist Julian Ralph.
    — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The Dadaists used this gleefully and compulsively (see René Clair and Francis Picabia’s wacky Entr’Acte); so, famously, did Hideo Nakata in Y2K hit The Ring and countless imitators.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Few people on the continent seem to recognize that multibillion investments by US companies such as SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Amazon in space, and their many imitators in China, are radically transforming spaceflight.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Behind the reception desk, a wall of 109 wooden pigeonholes doubles as an art installation, with some compartments displaying replicas of the property's original room keys and others filled with nautical relics reflecting Naples's coastal allure.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Sep. 2026
  • When it was closed down in 1539, its treasures, books and relics were seized and its lands and buildings sold off, some to local nobles and gentry, some to the town authorities of Bury.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026

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“Echoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echoes. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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