as in follows
to take notice of and be guided by
you'd better listen to my advice!
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Verb
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Anything else should be treated as the equivalent of the God-of-the-gaps argument, and what follows is an explanation as to why.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
16 Oct. 2025 -
Based on Devantez’s award-winning 2020 short film of the same name, which was a SXSW official selection and won Best Comedy at the HollyShorts Film Festival, Basic follows Gloria (Park) and Nick (Smith), who go through a painful breakup.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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In place of that information, the administration now only notes that the Legislature approved $276 million in this year’s state budget for the shelter system, as well as the average amount spent on families in shelter each week and the total amount of cash spent from a shelter reserve fund.—
Matthew Medsger,
Boston Herald,
13 Oct. 2025
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Kirsten Eddy, a senior researcher at Pew Research Center who specializes in news and information habits, notes that the internet and social media have changed people’s attitudes toward information.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Listens (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listens%20%28to%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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