as in heard
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
would you listen to what I have to say?
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Recent Examples of listened
By contrast, both Alameda County prosecutors and the sheriff have denied anyone from law enforcement listened to the March 2024 meeting.
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Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
For all of his woeful obsession with numbers, this is the reason anyone ever streamed his music and actually listened.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
Others, like Eric and Lisa Keiser, from Waterford, Pennsylvania, listened from outside the adjacent National Museum of Natural History, where the speeches and music still carried through the crowd as people milled around the Mall enjoying the day’s festivities.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Dusabejambo listened to harrowing stories from survivors and heard brutal confessions from regretful perpetrators.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Butin, a former executive in the health-care industry who left in 2007 to launch Afya, listened like a tough but patient mother.
—Blake Crisses, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2026
Wembanyama stood there and listened, an arm behind his back, vulnerable, attentive, present.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Some council members finally listened, Bell said.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
Dressed in a blue suit jacket and skirt and accompanied by four lawyers, Wang listened to the proceeding through a Mandarin interpreter.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
For all of his woeful obsession with numbers, this is the reason anyone ever streamed his music and actually listened.
—Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
Others, like Eric and Lisa Keiser, from Waterford, Pennsylvania, listened from outside the adjacent National Museum of Natural History, where the speeches and music still carried through the crowd as people milled around the Mall enjoying the day’s festivities.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 17 May 2026
Dusabejambo listened to harrowing stories from survivors and heard brutal confessions from regretful perpetrators.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
Butin, a former executive in the health-care industry who left in 2007 to launch Afya, listened like a tough but patient mother.
—Blake Crisses, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2026
Wembanyama stood there and listened, an arm behind his back, vulnerable, attentive, present.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Some council members finally listened, Bell said.
—Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 13 May 2026
Dressed in a blue suit jacket and skirt and accompanied by four lawyers, Wang listened to the proceeding through a Mandarin interpreter.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listened
heard
Verb
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The interaction was captured on camera, and Crow-Armstrong could be heard very clearly.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 May 2026
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Murdaugh's defense claimed that Hill influenced the verdict through remarks heard by some jurors during the trial, including in one instance to watch Murdaugh's body language during his testimony, according to court filings.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
18 May 2026
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“Listened.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listened. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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