parrots 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of parrot
as in echoes
to say after another the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment

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parrots

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noun

plural of parrot

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Recent Examples of parrots
Noun
And anyone who might have doubts tends to get drowned out by a torrent of early media coverage, which usually parrots the official announcement. F.d. Flam, Twin Cities, 6 Aug. 2025
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  • This pattern repeats through the history of business.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Every departure means more overtime for the remaining staff, more fatigue and more burnout, which is a cycle that often repeats itself.
    Jason Truppi, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Hell, there’s an entire TikTok channel that just features a guy reading different Bourdain quotes over travel montages and, sometimes, Bourdain clip shows.
    Tres Dean, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Her legacy lives on through Dalton, who hangs Toussaint’s portrait at Downing Street and quotes her final speech at the show’s end.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Americans' primary oversight entities—rather than rooting out waste and misconduct—now are poised to be rubber stamps for whatever administration is in power.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Over millennia, marine animals have honed ears and sonar-like abilities to read their world in vibrations and echoes, turning the ocean into a place both alive with sound and fine-tuned to its subtleties.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But his spices aren’t the only things that have echoes of home.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What began as a seasonal special has snowballed into a billion-dollar phenomenon, with copycats and competitors scrambling to ride the wave of fall flavors.
    Lanee Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Over the last two years, both companies have taken legal action against dozens of compounding pharmacies, med spas and other suppliers to stop them from making and selling copycats.
    Annika Kim Constantino,Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Alaska, Hawaiian are consistent performers The AQR also singled out Alaska Airlines as the steadiest performer in the industry.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • People who aren't getting in the rooms, aren't in the doors as actors, directors, writers.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Technically, his performance notably accompanies the musical text with drum breaks and underscoring between scenes, emphasizing the musicality of McCraney’s writing and the actors’ tempo.
    Essence, Essence, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Parrots.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parrots. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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