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
Duvall was a master of subtlety as an Irishman among Italians, rarely at the center of a scene, but often listening and advising in the background, an irreplaceable thread through the saga of the Corleone crime family.
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Bob Thomas The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
He was also written up for attacking another inmate and not listening to a correctional officer.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Listeners will be able to toggle between watching or listening to shows in the Apple Podcasts app, and download video versions for offline viewing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
Related Stories In the Apple Podcasts app, for shows with video, users will be able to switch between watching and listening to shows.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Hollywood may have lost a legend this week, but audiences lost something more, something intimate—an actor’s actor whose simple gift for listening now sadly feels like a thing of the past.
—Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
Simply listening to the exchange of ideas and differing points of view in his movies resulted in electric sequences.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, traumatic stress that develops while observing and listening to traumatized students has not been widely publicized and often is confused with burnout.
—Bruce Plopper, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
The 12-point curriculum also addresses boundary-setting, listening as a leadership skill, binaural beats intervention, and resilience building through small and repeatable micro-practices.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Bob Thomas The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
He was also written up for attacking another inmate and not listening to a correctional officer.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
Listeners will be able to toggle between watching or listening to shows in the Apple Podcasts app, and download video versions for offline viewing.
—Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
Related Stories In the Apple Podcasts app, for shows with video, users will be able to switch between watching and listening to shows.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 16 Feb. 2026
Hollywood may have lost a legend this week, but audiences lost something more, something intimate—an actor’s actor whose simple gift for listening now sadly feels like a thing of the past.
—Chris Nashawaty, Vanity Fair, 16 Feb. 2026
Simply listening to the exchange of ideas and differing points of view in his movies resulted in electric sequences.
—Tim Grierson, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2026
Unfortunately, traumatic stress that develops while observing and listening to traumatized students has not been widely publicized and often is confused with burnout.
—Bruce Plopper, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
The 12-point curriculum also addresses boundary-setting, listening as a leadership skill, binaural beats intervention, and resilience building through small and repeatable micro-practices.
—Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listening
hearing
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Griffey, now 56, remembers hearing all the reasons the World Baseball Classic wouldn’t work — the spring setting, the risk for pitchers and even the concept.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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And where no parent could sit their kids within 15 feet of the Nuggets’ bench without hearing a torrent of Moe obscenities.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
18 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Listening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listening. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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