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as in attention
a state of being aware
took heed of the students' learning styles so as to prepare appropriate lessons
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as in care
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
pay heed to what you're doing with that knife while you're talking
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as in to follow
to take notice of and be guided by
if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost
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Recent Examples of heed
Oc Register, 22 June 2025
And what better way to finish off the neutral look than with a bold red lip?
Take heed and maybe your next fast food run can be as stylish as Rihanna’s.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 June 2025
Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
Moore should heed residents who want a stable economy and give them a chance to directly support their communities’ youth.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2025
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Noun
The golden years bring with them their own set of joys and sorrows, positives and negatives, surprises, both good and not so, and a myriad of issues and decisions attendant thereto that many of us paid absolutely no heed when told by our folks what the final frontier has in store for us.
—Oc Register, 22 June 2025
And what better way to finish off the neutral look than with a bold red lip?
Take heed and maybe your next fast food run can be as stylish as Rihanna’s.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 20 June 2025
Verb
Stay informed about weather conditions and heed advice from local authorities to make your journey safe and sound.
—Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 30 July 2025
Moore should heed residents who want a stable economy and give them a chance to directly support their communities’ youth.
—Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heed
Noun
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As those markets mature, attention shifts toward practical applications that enhance business operations rather than create new trading vehicles.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Around the same time that Friedland gained national attention—in 2023, after the 1975 front man, Matty Healy, went on the show and laughed at racist jokes about the rapper Ice Spice—a change started to occur.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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And, in fact, some leaders from denominations that vocally oppose such care in the current moment once chose to support the decisions of doctors and transgender patients who pursued medical interventions.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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If the symptoms interfere with daily life, seek care from a dermatologist.—
Mark Gurarie,
Health,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The story follows all the ins and outs of their rise to fame.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Career growth inside companies still follows a narrow script—progress often defined by vertical movement alone.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Why has watching and listening to D&D become so popular?—
Scott Greenstone,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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Practice suspending judgment and listening instead for understanding.—
Heather Heefner,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The brains undergirding this contextual awareness now runs on Amazon’s Alexa Custom Assistant architecture.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
7 Aug. 2025
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This sense of awareness and moral grounding is what differentiates you from someone that deliberately wants to watch others fail.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Han shook off criticisms of the small ring by also noting that both Belly and Jeremiah are college students on a budget.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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As Mousavi noted, some previous studies have lumped all types of potatoes together for their effects on type 2 diabetes.—
Sarah Garone,
Health,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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On May 18, 2025, Radford was arrested by the Georgia Department of Public Safety for driving under the influence and for failing to obey a traffic control device.—
Greg Wehner , Liz Friden,
FOXNews.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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War provides an opportunity to showcase a new leader’s command over the PLA; seeing the senior military leadership obeying the new leader’s orders might then serve to deter a potential political challenger.—
TYLER JOST,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Heed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heed. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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