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Recent Examples of listen
There are people who are trained to listen and to talk you through what’s happening.
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Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
In a way, the family table becomes its own boardroom in disguise, an incubator for intelligent conversation driven by emotional intelligence and the ability to actively listen and participate at any age or stage.
—Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
To listen to the entire episode — which involves a story about Parker buying shoes — click below.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Stef dreams of the same thing every night: a mind-meltingly horrific collapse of the Skyview Hotel in 1968, centering on a young woman, Iris (Brec Bassinger), who doesn’t listen to her intuition about going up that very, very high elevator.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
In a way, the family table becomes its own boardroom in disguise, an incubator for intelligent conversation driven by emotional intelligence and the ability to actively listen and participate at any age or stage.
—Leisse Wilcox, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
To listen to the entire episode — which involves a story about Parker buying shoes — click below.
—Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 16 May 2025
Stef dreams of the same thing every night: a mind-meltingly horrific collapse of the Skyview Hotel in 1968, centering on a young woman, Iris (Brec Bassinger), who doesn’t listen to her intuition about going up that very, very high elevator.
—Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listen
hear
Verb
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Numbers don’t mean much if women or non-White soldiers don’t feel valued and heard.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
26 May 2025
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As traffic piles up behind them, a yell and a bang can be heard as the Chevy driver pulls out, running Cifuni over and dragging her down the street.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2025
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“Listen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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