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echoing

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verb

present participle of echo
1
as in ringing
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 repeating
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 echoing
Verb
Game 2 started echoing Game 1 after halftime, when Towns finally found rhythm and the Knicks looked like the more gifted team all over again. C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026 Footage circulating in local media appears to show the suspect positioned atop the structure as visitors rushed for safety below, with gunfire echoing across the site. Bradford Betz, FOXNews.com, 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 The county last week also had asked the state to investigate, echoing calls from Supervisor Sylvia Arenas and Steve Baron, a member of the county’s Child Abuse Prevention Council. Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2026 Khanna, a California congressman also considering a 2028 presidential run, is now also opposing funding for the defensive system, echoing the argument that Israel should be able to pay for it themselves. Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026 As head of COLab (Colorado News Collaborative), Frank also sees in her students intense suspicion of large, corporate news-gathering operations, echoing what many outside the industry feel. John Wenzel, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2026 The gunshot rang out, echoing through the open fields surrounding us. Josh Owens, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026 Their sound travels across the city, echoing through buildings, entering rooms uninvited. Babak Rahimi, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for echoing
Adjective
  • Raised in the woods of Alabama, Nichols joined National Geographic in 1996 and became Editor-at-Large for Photography in 2008, transforming every assignment into a story that is as visually breathtaking as it is emotionally resonant.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Why Putting Down Your Phone Matters One of the trend’s most resonant themes is its emphasis on stepping away from screens.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Not sure ringing bells is going to do much to stop a person from getting mauled.
    David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Barely wide enough to handle a summer crowd of single-lane traffic, pedestrians, and bell-ringing cyclists (not to mention the percussion of Away and Rimowa wheels on the pavement), Commercial Street runs nearly three miles along Provincetown Harbor.
    Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Their capability of rebooting for another momentous chapter largely hinges on this dynamic repeating itself.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The woman at the front of the house for the Tuesday lunch service was kind and patient, having no problem repeating that yes, everything is vegan.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Ballet Orchestra, close to wrapping its 50th anniversary season, sounded especially sonorous in the score’s horn passages.
    Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The sonorous presence of actor Morgan Freeman will be one of the highlights of the Beatles on the Beach festival in Boca Raton on March 12-15, which will include a March 14 performance by Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience.
    Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • To their credit, Comptroller Mark Levine and Council Speaker Julie Menin have been sounding the alarm on this the last few months.
    Evan Thies, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The Manchester trio’s latest album proposes a heady, rhythmic strain of post-punk that references familiar touchstones while sounding genuinely, deliriously disorienting.
    Shaad D’Souza, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • Complaining about someone quoting President Obama, or even Governor Spanberger, accurately?
    Jahd Khalil, NPR, 20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Although his work has evolved to include more melodic soundscapes, Subtronics remains committed to bringing more people to a better understanding of the genre that first brought his life into focus.
    Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Wind chimes have been said to relieve stress, encourage mindfulness, and add pleasant, melodic charm to your outdoor space.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Those products are resonating with a growing base of business customers, leading to a jump in revenue and raising competition with rival OpenAI.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Semones is happy to see her fellow Gen Z community resonating with the music and is glad to be any kind of gateway.
    Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 13 Apr. 2026

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“Echoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echoing. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.

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