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Recent Examples of listen
Flip it over, look at the art and listen all the way through.
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
Earlier this week, reports emerged that the Commanders are listening to offers for running back Brian Robinson.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
At the moment of this photo, the whole room was listening to one man talk about his life, while each reflected on their own.
—Meredith Nierman, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
Practice suspending judgment and listening instead for understanding.
—Heather Heefner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
Earlier this week, reports emerged that the Commanders are listening to offers for running back Brian Robinson.
—Kevin McCormick, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
At the moment of this photo, the whole room was listening to one man talk about his life, while each reflected on their own.
—Meredith Nierman, NPR, 19 Aug. 2025
Practice suspending judgment and listening instead for understanding.
—Heather Heefner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listen
hear
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When employees see their feedback is heard and reflected in decisions, trust grows—and so does participation.—
Aaron Edgell,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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But hearing about what her family lived through during the Second World War and the Cultural Revolution for the first time was transformative—Chinese history struck her as the stuff of epic storytelling.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Listen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen. Accessed 1 Sep. 2025.
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