as in hearing
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 listening
Be open to listening to those young people as well, and learning from them about how things are changing, especially in the worlds of AI and digital marketing.
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Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Researchers believe their approach could help resource managers working on marine conservation efforts and sustainable fishing practices, by listening to what the animals are doing, without disturbing them.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Wearers can also enjoy listening to their favorite music and podcasts with open-ear speakers integrated into the frames.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
Play getting in, everybody listening, cueing in.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Smith reportedly called him after listening to Midnight Son and didn't change his original story during their sit-down.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Thank you for watching and listening, and enjoy!
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The listening phase also involves a countywide survey, to be released later this year, to solicit feedback from the general public.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Yet 117 studies on workplace listening reveal that many managers aren’t good listeners.
—Jeffrey Yip and Colin M. Fisher, Harvard Business Review, 9 Apr. 2025
Sarah Barnes-Humphrey, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
Researchers believe their approach could help resource managers working on marine conservation efforts and sustainable fishing practices, by listening to what the animals are doing, without disturbing them.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 18 Sep. 2025
Wearers can also enjoy listening to their favorite music and podcasts with open-ear speakers integrated into the frames.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
Play getting in, everybody listening, cueing in.
—Joseph Person, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Smith reportedly called him after listening to Midnight Son and didn't change his original story during their sit-down.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
Thank you for watching and listening, and enjoy!
—Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
The listening phase also involves a countywide survey, to be released later this year, to solicit feedback from the general public.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2025
Yet 117 studies on workplace listening reveal that many managers aren’t good listeners.
—Jeffrey Yip and Colin M. Fisher, Harvard Business Review, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listening
hearing
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Adopting that Ontario town seemed like a believable cover story and worked most of the time — except when a fellow American called her out after hearing her accent.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
18 Sep. 2025
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Jacobs said supervisors were left in the dark, only hearing that their employees’ accommodations had been terminated from the employees themselves.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Listening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listening. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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