1
as in followed
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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as in listened
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
that boy never heeds when I caution him about running with his shoelaces untied
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Recent Examples of heeded
Despite all of that, on the road — albeit with a friendly and loud Bears fan contingent — Williams led the offense down the field to take the lead, and the team heeded its coach after halftime.
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Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Peter Finn, managing director of industrial technology at Brown Gibbons & Lang, said Gartner’s warnings around worker safety need to be heeded.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Those warnings were not heeded, the lawsuit alleges.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
City leaders heeded the advice of a group of business, labor and community leaders known as the Cincinnati Futures Commission to step up parking enforcement.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
In the first three days after Gaza City was declared a combat zone, only about 14,840 Palestinians heeded the evacuation order, according to the joint humanitarian body Site Management Cluster.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Had Boorman heeded Kubrick’s advice and shot another Exorcist with double the violence, there’d probably be no story here.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
But whether or not they are heeded, in the end, the truth will out.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
That is how close mankind might be to blowing itself up if warnings like this exceptionally powerful and brilliantly directed movie’s message isn’t heeded.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Peter Finn, managing director of industrial technology at Brown Gibbons & Lang, said Gartner’s warnings around worker safety need to be heeded.
—Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Those warnings were not heeded, the lawsuit alleges.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2025
City leaders heeded the advice of a group of business, labor and community leaders known as the Cincinnati Futures Commission to step up parking enforcement.
—Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2025
In the first three days after Gaza City was declared a combat zone, only about 14,840 Palestinians heeded the evacuation order, according to the joint humanitarian body Site Management Cluster.
—Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 8 Sep. 2025
Had Boorman heeded Kubrick’s advice and shot another Exorcist with double the violence, there’d probably be no story here.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
But whether or not they are heeded, in the end, the truth will out.
—Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025
That is how close mankind might be to blowing itself up if warnings like this exceptionally powerful and brilliantly directed movie’s message isn’t heeded.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heeded
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Trump’s threat followed Beijing’s tightening of its control on rare earths, a group of critical minerals essential in the production of a wide range of electronics, automobiles and semiconductors.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
13 Oct. 2025
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Boise State generally made life miserable for Layne, the Idaho Vandals transfer who followed his coach, Jason Eck, from Moscow to Albuquerque.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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According to Luminate, Spanish is the second most-listened to language in music, by far, with 24% of American music listeners consuming music in Spanish (French trails in third place at 8%).—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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There, Black Charlotteans danced and listened to live performances from the likes of Nat King Cole and Louis Armstrong.—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Oct. 2025
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Color and bold floral prints are also in play, while buyers noted a return to structure, shape, and femininity — peplums, twisted tailoring, delicate lace, and transparency were all key trends.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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To confirm the match, the team carefully aligned the Hubble and JWST images using 36 stars visible in both datasets as reference points, ensuring that every pixel corresponded to the same spot in the sky, the study noted.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Linda’s daughter is never identified by name, and she is often heard but seldom seen.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Screams and yells can be heard in the background while big groups of people begin to file out of the park quickly.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
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And just like the existence of a black hole’s event horizon results in the creation of Hawking radiation, the existence of a cosmological horizon must also — if the same laws of physics are to be obeyed — create radiation.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
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The fans obeyed and there was absolute silence until Putellas’s shot, which ended up too central and was stopped by Hannah Hampton.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Heeded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heeded. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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