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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
Related Stories The motel sits among reed beds and woods, its rooms echoing with lovers every night. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026 The main structures at the front (the spa, gym, studio, and reception) are made of natural stone with bougainvillea tumbling down their sides, set between shallow pools of water, echoing the floating effect of the resort above the mangroves. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026 To offer that vision, the designers skipped bookshelves and built an octagonal conversation pit with a circular skylight above the desk, echoing a skylight over the real house’s unseen indoor pool. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026 The biomimetic strategy marries engineering and aesthetics; by echoing the spider lily’s radial symmetry, architect Adrian Smith and engineer Bill Baker created a form that is both beautiful and structurally efficient. — Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026 There were fraternity brothers exchanging vulgar messages about the accuseron Snapchat, echoing what Willis says happened after she herself was assaulted in 2014. — Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2026 Priced at $1,450, the pumps add an almost weightless quality to the outfit, with their barely-there construction echoing the transparency of the ribbon skirt. — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026 There is no noise of a breaking string echoing in the distance — the stage direction that pushed Chekhov’s final dramatic landscape toward Beckettian absurdism before Beckett was born. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026 Scrunching buttered phyllo sheets instead of layering them flat creates dramatic height and shatteringly crisp texture, echoing spanakopita while remaining unfussy. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for echoing
Adjective
  • Nuanced, resonant verse paints a clear-eyed, profoundly loving portrait of a teen navigating the complexities of growing up.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • The projects engage with such resonant themes as digital labor, bodily memory, virtual violence, and collective participation in democracies.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Russell continued to improve his Heisman Trophy credentials by playing with composure amid the usual din of ringing cowbells at Mississippi State.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • The clip opens with an X-Pest exterminator guy ringing the doorbell at Butters’ home.
    — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • One of the most important lessons from my coaching career is that repeating the same instruction louder or more often is not the same as adapting your coaching.
    — Irma Davarashvili, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • These materials mimic important structural features of quasicrystals while having a repeating crystal structure that can be studied experimentally.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Adjective
  • This shimmering, sonorous work, from one of our greatest living directors, moves through the peculiar landscapes of human interaction with certainty, eccentricity and grace, alighting on a generous if rueful conclusion.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Assuming the role of a human clapper, Holzinger struck its lip again and again, sending a sonorous peal across the Biennale grounds.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 24 June 2026
Verb
  • That's $700 off, making now the best time to buy better-sounding movie nights!
    — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The flip side, however, is that the Giants are also one loss to the Cardinals away from sounding the alarms.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Multiple local news outlets, including newspaper Sing Tao and the South China Morning Post, said Tang Ho-wing, founder of Boom News, was arrested in the morning, quoting unidentified sources.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Corporate tax payments are down 25 percent this year, according to Warren’s letter, which cites Politico’s reporting quoting budget forecasters.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Kakul Srivastava is the CEO of Splice, the sample platform countless producers rely on for one-shots and melodic loops.
    — Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 3 Oct. 2026
  • His style, reminiscent of Nick Cave, is incantatory, and the result is that the not-especially-melodic songs tend to bleed into each other with a sameness that ultimately proves monotonous.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 2 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • While James may be cutting a potential two-hour drive down to a 45-minute flight, the luxury commute isn’t resonating with blue-collar Philly fans.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Management also said completion rates on TikTok and YouTube were significantly above industry benchmarks, suggesting the content is resonating.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Echoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echoing. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

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