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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listen in (on)
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Language access, cultural competency and workforce representation all play critical role in helping people feel respected, heard and supported throughout the healing journey.—
Maria Bledsoe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026 -
The idea of a faraway place came up, which everybody has heard about but not been to yet.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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Isolated data centers underwater can also be harder to monitor and, therefore, to identify if a component breaks.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
14 May 2026
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Disputing accounts, following up with creditors, and monitoring your credit can be time-consuming and frustrating.—
Miranda Marquit,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 May 2026
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But as examples like those above illustrate, there’s little reason for companies to resort to outright spying like this, because users simply can’t wait to divulge the most intimate details of their minds and bodies voluntarily.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
14 May 2026
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Everything about this, particularly the spying part, seems positivily Hitchcockian.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
14 May 2026
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Singer Sam Smith is reportedly engaged to British designer Christian Cowan, according to a source who allegedly overheard the couple discussing their betrothal in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel.—
Assistant Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Sakeena was standing nearby and overheard much of the conversation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 May 2026
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“Listen in (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen%20in%20%28on%29. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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