as in heard
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
would you listen to what I have to say?
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Recent Examples of listened
Meanwhile, people who listened to the fear sold perfectly good stocks and missed major gains.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Banning the song turned out to be useless; millions of people simply listened to it on YouTube.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Judge Subramanian listened but did not immediately issue a ruling.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.
—Catherine Habgood
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Many will feel that Fletcher’s voice should already have been listened to on this subject and that his own story was a wake-up call for the FA and football more generally.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
But Riley listened after the worst game of his life.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Fans asked, and the A’s listened.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
In a clip taken by a guest, Anwar — who recently wrote an essay about her struggle with bipolar disorder — listened and didn’t judge.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
Banning the song turned out to be useless; millions of people simply listened to it on YouTube.
—Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2025
Judge Subramanian listened but did not immediately issue a ruling.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
Many wisdoms intrinsic to permaculture long predate the term—it cannot be understated how much stems from indigenous knowledge and was passed down from generations before, from these ancestral stewards who listened to, and trusted, the land.
—Catherine Habgood
september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Many will feel that Fletcher’s voice should already have been listened to on this subject and that his own story was a wake-up call for the FA and football more generally.
—Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
But Riley listened after the worst game of his life.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Fans asked, and the A’s listened.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2025
In a clip taken by a guest, Anwar — who recently wrote an essay about her struggle with bipolar disorder — listened and didn’t judge.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listened
heard
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Summer, filming her sister at the table, can be heard in the background prompting her to keep going.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mthethwa also faced an ongoing probe that heard allegations by a provincial police commissioner who accused him of attempting to obstruct the prosecution of a former head of South Africa’s Crime Intelligence Services who was being investigated for corruption.—
Nimi Princewill,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Listened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listened. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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