as in hearing
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 listening
Instead of conquest, the focus was intimacy—feeling the land under your feet, learning animal tracks, listening to the bush itself.
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Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Play getting in, everybody listening, cueing in.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Smith reportedly called him after listening to Midnight Son and didn't change his original story during their sit-down.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
The event was broadcast live on YouTube, and groups of people sat on the grassy lawn in front of the Capitol huddled together around their phones, listening to the survivors, whose voices echoed across the wide square.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The transition can be smoother when adults shift from assuming to actively listening.
—Zakkiyyah T. White, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
After talks started and stalled, the most recent update was the team was listening to trade offers for the perennial edge rusher.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
The listening phase also involves a countywide survey, to be released later this year, to solicit feedback from the general public.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Yet 117 studies on workplace listening reveal that many managers aren’t good listeners.
—Jeffrey Yip and Colin M. Fisher, Harvard Business Review, 9 Apr. 2025
Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Play getting in, everybody listening, cueing in.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Smith reportedly called him after listening to Midnight Son and didn't change his original story during their sit-down.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
The event was broadcast live on YouTube, and groups of people sat on the grassy lawn in front of the Capitol huddled together around their phones, listening to the survivors, whose voices echoed across the wide square.
—Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The transition can be smoother when adults shift from assuming to actively listening.
—Zakkiyyah T. White, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
After talks started and stalled, the most recent update was the team was listening to trade offers for the perennial edge rusher.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
The listening phase also involves a countywide survey, to be released later this year, to solicit feedback from the general public.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Yet 117 studies on workplace listening reveal that many managers aren’t good listeners.
—Jeffrey Yip and Colin M. Fisher, Harvard Business Review, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listening
hearing
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In that incident, two men allegedly fired into an apartment building from the lot after hearing gunshots nearby and observing a green laser on one man’s daughter.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
12 Sep. 2025
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But where the book ends with David hearing a hopeful message on the radio, the movie has the tank run out.—
James Grebey,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Listening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listening. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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