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Recent Examples of hearkens
Flip Phone Shorty, of course, hearkens to those devices of yesteryear that defined the Y2k aesthetic, which has recently been all the rage.
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2025
Eventually, the team chose Sacramento, where much of downtown still hearkens to the mid-20th century with block upon block of drab government buildings.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2025
Eventually, the team chose Sacramento, where much of downtown still hearkens to the mid-20th century with block upon block of drab government buildings.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearkens
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The company has more than 120M annual listens across 45 shows and works with companies including Disney, Netflix, Toyota, Hasbro, Paramount, and Penguin Random House.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
13 Jan. 2026
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The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
12 Jan. 2026
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This hiring trend harkens back to pre-pandemic days and the tight labor market of 2018 and 2019, when firms prioritized in-person interaction, according to researchers specializing in entry-level recruitment.—
Jake Angelo,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park offers lighthouse views, a beach that harkens back to a pre-European version of Florida, and a waterfront trail that looks out over the clapboard homes in Stiltsville.—
Eric Barton,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2026
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“Hearkens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkens. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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