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Recent Examples of parroting
Fans, some of them little kids parroting what their parents were saying, called him vile names.
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Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 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.
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Courtney Corbello,
Oc Register,
4 Apr. 2026
In mid-2025, when mainstream analyst firms were still parroting uncritical AI hype before investor sentiment turned cold in December, the number of US AI users who regularly paid for the privilege stood at a whopping 3 percent.
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Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
25 Feb. 2026
This could be because the leader themselves is emotionally reactive and people are just parroting what is modeled, or because there are no ground rules for conversations and no consequences given for lashing out.
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Blair Glaser,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 2026
So the dollar will remain the world’s monetary hub, while the doomsters continue parroting the same old nonsense.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Peter D'abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 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
In mid-2025, when mainstream analyst firms were still parroting uncritical AI hype before investor sentiment turned cold in December, the number of US AI users who regularly paid for the privilege stood at a whopping 3 percent.
—
Joe Wilkins,
Futurism,
25 Feb. 2026
This could be because the leader themselves is emotionally reactive and people are just parroting what is modeled, or because there are no ground rules for conversations and no consequences given for lashing out.
—
Blair Glaser,
Fortune,
23 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for parroting
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Rest, review, and notice what keeps repeating in your mind.
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Let’s hope that George Santayana’s warning to those ignorant of history about the past repeating itself makes an exception for our present Defense Department.
Verb
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Groups of amateur sleuths also cropped up in the hollows of tragedy to wrestle with the case and analyze rumors swarming the Horman family in online forums, echoing a familiar pattern of behavior on the internet in the face of long-unsolved criminal cases.
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Ambassador Ali Bahreini rejected that suggestion on Tuesday, however, echoing a statement from the country's foreign ministry spokesman.
Verb
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First Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp asked Prior about her initial response by quoting her.
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Platforms like ServiceTitan are creating comprehensive operating systems, automating dispatch, quoting, and payments.
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“Parroting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parroting. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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