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Recent Examples of listens
The coachable executor listens carefully, implements recommendations, seeks feedback, learns quickly and doesn’t let ego override strategy.
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Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
This is technology that listens to a visit between a patient and provider and transcribes the conversation.
—Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music.
—Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
This project represents, folks, what is possible when government listens to the people and invests directly in its needs.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Bum-seok listens impatiently to their second-hand accounts of tiger tracks being sighted in the mountains, leading them to assume the animal must have wandered all the way down from Siberia.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
No one listens to country music.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 16 May 2026
Not until John Henry listens to the fans and sells the team.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
For years—as just one example—enough people have asked whether Facebook listens to your microphone without permission that the company has an official response.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
Seth Lederman, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
This is technology that listens to a visit between a patient and provider and transcribes the conversation.
—Fj Campbell, Fortune, 20 May 2026
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music.
—Pitchfork, 18 May 2026
This project represents, folks, what is possible when government listens to the people and invests directly in its needs.
—Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 18 May 2026
Bum-seok listens impatiently to their second-hand accounts of tiger tracks being sighted in the mountains, leading them to assume the animal must have wandered all the way down from Siberia.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
No one listens to country music.
—Jon Marcus, NPR, 16 May 2026
Not until John Henry listens to the fans and sells the team.
—Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026
For years—as just one example—enough people have asked whether Facebook listens to your microphone without permission that the company has an official response.
—Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for listens
hears
Verb
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This is the place for anyone who hears about a new pale ale and instantly wants to book a trip.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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October 9, 2024 – The Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Glossip’s appeal, with much of the debate centering on whether prosecutors allowed false testimony from Sneed to go uncorrected.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
15 May 2026
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“Listens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/listens. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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