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Recent Examples of hearkens
Eventually, the team chose Sacramento, where much of downtown still hearkens to the mid-20th century with block upon block of drab government buildings.
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Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearkens
Verb
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These days, Fox listens to his body each morning before deciding what to do.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The man listens to a French rap song about the malaise of modern life.—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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That added to fears that the stock market is caught up in an AI bubble that harkens back to the late 1990s, when a feeding frenzy on early internet companies eventually led to the bursting of the dot-com bubble.—
Sean Conlon,Sarah Min,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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The reverse side harkens to images captured of him after an assassination attempt on the political trail in Pennsylvania during his 2024 campaign.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Hearkens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearkens. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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