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as in attention
a state of being aware
took heed of the students' learning styles so as to prepare appropriate lessons
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as in care
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
pay heed to what you're doing with that knife while you're talking
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as in to follow
to take notice of and be guided by
if we had heeded the ranger's advice, we might not have gotten lost
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Recent Examples of heed
Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The golden years bring with them their own set of joys and sorrows, positives and negatives, surprises, both good and not so, and a myriad of issues and decisions attendant thereto that many of us paid absolutely no heed when told by our folks what the final frontier has in store for us.
—Oc Register, 22 June 2025
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2025
Failure to heed said warnings will lead to escalations that may require you to seek medical attention.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Many Tennesseans are taking heed and are already enjoying the snow day.
—Joyce Orlando, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
The golden years bring with them their own set of joys and sorrows, positives and negatives, surprises, both good and not so, and a myriad of issues and decisions attendant thereto that many of us paid absolutely no heed when told by our folks what the final frontier has in store for us.
—Oc Register, 22 June 2025
Verb
Back then, adults took wild risks for their own personal gain without realizing or heeding the far-reaching ramifications.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2025
Failure to heed said warnings will lead to escalations that may require you to seek medical attention.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heed
Noun
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Montblanc is putting a lot of the attention on the stylus itself.—
James Peckham,
PC Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
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By presenting domestic routines with the same creativity and attention to detail as a fashion spread, Smith has shifted the cultural conversation, making intentional, slow living as aspirational as her ensembles themselves.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Patients with mental health conditions have also been regularly denied emergency care, according to federal agencies.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
22 Sep. 2025
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Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani promises to make childcare free for kids 6 weeks to 5 years old by subsidizing family care, paying teachers a living wage, easing regulatory burden to open more child care centers.—
Yasser Salem,
Fortune,
21 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In the days following his killing, conservative activist Charlie Kirk has, in a sense, become all things to all people.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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The very chair that Kimmel occupies was made vacant by Maher’s ouster that also followed controversial comments.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Having grown up listening to Groff on the Spring Awakening cast album, Henningsen is thrilled to be immortalized alongside him on the Just in Time cast album (out now on Atlantic — Darin’s longtime label, fittingly).—
Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
16 Sep. 2025
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The team analyzed data collected from 2003 to 2023 from more than 236,000 Americans as part of the American Time Use Survey; the data included how often participants read physical books, magazines, newspapers, or listened to audio and electronic books on an average day.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While commercial pilots are allowed to use iPads and electronic tablets in the cockpit to access navigation charts and checklists, the tone of the exchange sparked questions about situational awareness in a restricted airspace.—
Heather Hunter,
The Washington Examiner,
18 Sep. 2025
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But while these shows have been praised for bringing awareness to the condition, women shouldn't learn about this common health problem from reality TV.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Just as essential a consideration as carefulness for committee members, though, is speed.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The medical examiner noted that Rivas' place of death was a vehicle.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
20 Sep. 2025
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The James Webb Space Telescope has already analyzed the chemistry of over 100 exoplanet atmospheres, NASA notes.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To claim helplessness is to embrace colonial subjugation, to accept that Puerto Rico can only obey.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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The fans obeyed and there was absolute silence until Putellas’s shot, which ended up too central and was stopped by Hannah Hampton.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Heed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heed. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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