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also echos
1
as in followers
a person who adopts the appearance or behavior of another especially in an obvious way
a younger sister who was her echo all the while that they were growing up
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2
as in traces
a tiny often physical indication of something lost or vanished
a few stone carvings are the only echoes that remain of a once-mighty civilization
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Recent Examples of echoes
Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Instead of a handheld probe sweeping across your skin, a ring of transducers surrounds the body underwater and fires sound waves from every angle at once, reconstructing a full 3D volume from the echoes.
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Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
There are echoes of last summer, when Newcastle saw their hopes of signing Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt dashed by Liverpool.
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James Pearce,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Labour’s popularity has fallen accordingly, in echoes of the fate suffered by the center-right Conservative Party.
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Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
The moment carries echoes of that famous photograph from a half-century ago.
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Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
The anecdote reflects the nature of royal properties at large, which are altered but rarely bulldozed and rebuilt, causing their rooms to battle the needs of current residents and the echoes of past tenants.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
Their approaches may change by the time presidential primaries roll around in early 2028, but meanwhile there are distinct echoes of the past; Biden also talked about cultivating key industries and merging domestic and foreign policy.
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Missy Ryan,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
The echoes of crashing ocean waves have the same effect.
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Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
Noun
There may be echoes of history on George’s first day.
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Erin Hill,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Instead of a handheld probe sweeping across your skin, a ring of transducers surrounds the body underwater and fires sound waves from every angle at once, reconstructing a full 3D volume from the echoes.
—
Gabriel Alin Zainescu,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2026
There are echoes of last summer, when Newcastle saw their hopes of signing Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt dashed by Liverpool.
—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
19 June 2026
Labour’s popularity has fallen accordingly, in echoes of the fate suffered by the center-right Conservative Party.
—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
17 June 2026
The moment carries echoes of that famous photograph from a half-century ago.
—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
13 June 2026
The anecdote reflects the nature of royal properties at large, which are altered but rarely bulldozed and rebuilt, causing their rooms to battle the needs of current residents and the echoes of past tenants.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
11 June 2026
Their approaches may change by the time presidential primaries roll around in early 2028, but meanwhile there are distinct echoes of the past; Biden also talked about cultivating key industries and merging domestic and foreign policy.
—
Missy Ryan,
The Atlantic,
10 June 2026
The echoes of crashing ocean waves have the same effect.
—
Judith Garrison,
AJC.com,
9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for echoes
Verb
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Completing their sentences with what sounds plausible is not preservation.
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Video footage of the dogs at Dingo Doggies Campus shows the pups walking on treadmills, training in the gym and relaxing on beds while booms and fireworks sounds can be heard in the background.
Verb
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The two women talk, and Ashley repeats that Trevor was involved in a blackmail scheme with Dennis, but that Trevor complained about his cut.
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Funny how history repeats itself.
Noun
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Throughout the journey, Pfendler documented life alone at sea for hundreds of thousands of followers on social media, sharing the physical and mental challenges of crossing one of the world's largest oceans.
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His gift for lyrics that were both deeply humane and sharply critical has endured for generations, inspiring followers such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Noun
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Merging my finances with someone else’s, to my mind, would eliminate all traces of my efforts to achieve financial independence.
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Small parts of the wheel were salvaged, and a few traces of the fair remain today.
Verb
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In other words, people respond most strongly to what resonates with them personally.
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Revisiting his favourite restaurants, such as RPM Seafood and Pizzeria Portofino, resonates more than his six strikeouts back on the South Side.
Verb
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The financial media still quotes him here and there.
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Both models get an 85-kWh battery pack, and Mercedes quotes a maximum range of 312 miles for the more powerful variant.
Noun
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But the arrival of Buc-ee's supercharged the trend and spawned imitators like Wally's, which has three 50,000-square-foot locations in the Midwest, with plans for more.
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The frontier labs keep shipping the next capability while the imitators are still training on the last one, and the value keeps accruing to whoever is ahead rather than to whoever copied the leader's previous answers.
Noun
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There are also permanent upgrades to health and attack power, as well as rare relics that enable unique skills, like multiple jumps.
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Museum of Miami The Museum of Miami, formerly HistoryMiami, holds the relics and artifacts that were excavated at the Miami Circle.
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“Echoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/echoes. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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