listen (to)

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for listen (to)
Verb
  • Amtrak warned riders to expect delays on the Northeast Corridor line Tuesday morning, following torrential downpours and flooding in the New York region overnight.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 15 July 2025
  • London came in at number two, followed by Hong Kong, Monaco, and Zurich.
    India Brown, Robb Report, 15 July 2025
Verb
  • Presenter Viren Kedia noted that the app is meant to help teens to be able to do things like invest, and budget, and understand taxes.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • However the investigators noted that their work was limited by inadequate record-keeping at prisons.
    Joseph Shapiro, NPR, 14 July 2025
Verb
  • Maybe a different sect says that AI is to be obeyed only if the human heading the sect has first substantiated the AI’s pronouncements.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
  • In mid-June, the judge found the attorney general in contempt, instructing him to provide her with biweekly updates on how the state was obeying her order blocking enforcement of the immigration law.
    Jay Weaver July 9, Miami Herald, 9 July 2025
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“Listen (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listen%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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