listened (to)

past tense of listen (to)

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Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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“Listened (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listened%20%28to%29. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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