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Recent Examples of parrot
Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
At the same time, there was also a tendency to occasionally parrot single phrases and details, rigidly mimicking the storyteller.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Gizmo’s exploits with parrot brother Cosmo garnered some 13.3 million views on his site from Feb. 19 through Thursday, a glance at Kaplanis’ dashboard showed.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Loading your audio article Phish has had to deal with a huge number of haters and skeptics over the decades, ones who chose to go the contempt-prior-to-investigation route and just parrot all the tired hippie/granola clichés that have long dogged the jam-band genre.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2025
At the same time, there was also a tendency to occasionally parrot single phrases and details, rigidly mimicking the storyteller.
—Matt Richtel, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
Choosing the right parrot A parakeet isn't the only species of parrot.
—Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 14 Mar. 2025
Gizmo’s exploits with parrot brother Cosmo garnered some 13.3 million views on his site from Feb. 19 through Thursday, a glance at Kaplanis’ dashboard showed.
—Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parrot
Verb
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Jazmin Delgado, the victim’s cousin, echoed those words in an interview with KABC-TV.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
10 May 2025
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That’s not the only way Leo XIV echoed the voice of his predecessor, Like the late Pope Francis, Leo has also been a strong supporter of the need to confront the threats of climate change.—
Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board,
The Orlando Sentinel,
10 May 2025
Noun
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So what evolutionary advantages do these throat structures provide monkeys and apes?—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
3 Apr. 2025
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Raised and kept in captivity, Kanzi was the subject of many studies aimed at illuminating ape cognition and the origins of human language and tool use.—
Kate Wong,
Scientific American,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Coach Ben Johnson said that, and others have repeated his message.—
Adam Jahns,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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This puts a major dent in their chances to repeat and jeopardizes their chances to compete next season and possibly beyond. Celtics star and 2024 Finals MVP, Jaylen Brown, was defeated in losing his partner in crime.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Noun
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But what happens when response times get longer and the appeals function works more like a rubber stamp on the initial responses?—
Tax Notes Staff,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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As lawmakers look to fiscal 2026 funding, Senate Republicans aren’t planning to be a rubber stamp for Trump’s sweeping operation to shrink the federal government.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Daily Mail also quoted McLaughlin, a Trump appointee under Noem as an assistant DHS secretary, as being totally supportive.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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Officials who run a half-dozen public media stations spoke to NPR News for this story on condition they not be quoted, citing the sensitivity of the moment.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
15 May 2025
Noun
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That created an opportunity for copycats in the American market to create similar-looking pieces, for cheaper prices.—
Brian Ng,
CNN Money,
9 May 2025
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With their limited capital flows, challenges with customer acquisition and head-on collision with ultra-fast fashion competitors (and sometimes copycats), smaller, ethically focused brands were struggling long before Donald Trump entered the White House for the second time.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
9 May 2025
Noun
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His maternal great-grandmother survived the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. In April, the actor traveled to Washington to give a speech for the Armenian Assembly of America.—
Ralphie Aversa,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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At the time, however, the country star and the CSI: Miami actor were both married to other people.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
9 May 2025
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“Parrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parrot. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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