parroting

present participle of parrot
as in repeating
to say after another the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment

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Recent Examples of parroting Warsh’s signature move as chairman has been to strip out forward guidance so that markets can price the economy as opposed to just parroting the Fed. Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 29 July 2026 Instead, what really appears to be happening is yet another cautionary tale about AI digesting incorrect information and parroting it back to users uncritically. Frank Landymore, Futurism, 25 June 2026 Students’ greatest skills are now parroting pre-formulated slogans and protesting on immigration enforcement, gender ideology, race, foreign policy, or the Supreme Court long before they have been taught the intellectual discipline necessary to evaluate any of those issues seriously. Courtney Corbello, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2026 So the dollar will remain the world’s monetary hub, while the doomsters continue parroting the same old nonsense. Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026 When Russia, another strategic partner, invaded Ukraine in 2022, China stopped short of condemning Moscow or opposing the war, instead parroting Russian narrative of blaming on the United States and its NATO allies for provoking the conflict. Steven Jiang, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026 Advertisement Witkoff was criticized early on by Zelensky and others for allegedly parroting Russian talking points and even relying during diplomatic talks on the Kremlin’s Russian language interpreter. Chad De Guzman, Time, 26 Nov. 2025 So usually what students just end up doing is sort of parroting whatever the professor says for the sake of the grade. Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2025 Signing that document would make us stenographers parroting press releases, not watchdogs holding government officials accountable. Tom Bowman, NPR, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parroting
Verb
  • The boards that avoid repeating the errors of that 2012 firm will not be the ones holding the most detailed AI policy documents.
    Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Hundreds of residents returned to the streets the following day, marching toward the Trampolín and Benítez beach areas where migrants were camped and repeating the same chant, according to EFE.
    Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
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  • Their statements arrived within hours of each other, echoing the same split-screen convergence playing out in Arizona.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Natural materials like wood and stone are used throughout the villa, echoing the architecture of ancient Ayutthaya.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
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  • Roberts spent much of his six-page dissent emphasizing the historic nature of the White House complex, quoting former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the end of his opinion.
    Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Home-insurance companies had estimated a typical rebuild to cost around four hundred dollars per square foot; in Los Angeles, after the fires, contractors have been quoting prices that are closer to seven hundred dollars per square foot.
    Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Parroting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parroting. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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