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verb

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as in to listen
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing you'll be in big trouble if you don't straighten up and mind

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as in to care
to have an interest or concern for don't mind him; he's always complaining

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Recent Examples of mind
Noun
Strategic leaks about internal deliberations and discussions with the Israelis could help concentrate minds in Tehran. Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2025 The group briefly put 90% of their island up for sale in 2024, asking for $14.2 million, before changing their minds. Gabrielle Calise Tampa Bay Times (tns), arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
Harrison Ford does not mind that the last Indiana Jones movie did not perform well at the box office. Tommy McArdle, People.com, 5 Feb. 2025 Both are smaller varieties that don’t mind living in a container, can be pruned into a multi-stemmed tree of about 2-4 feet, and perhaps most importantly, fruit freely. Mike Irvine, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for mind 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mind
Noun
  • Our brain goes on an incredible biological journey when Cupid's arrow strikes.
    Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Notably, this opiate pathway was not activated in the rodents' brains when they were given additional regular or fatty food, rather than sugar; and when the pathway was blocked, full mice seemed to lose their metaphorical dessert stomachs and did not eat extra sugar.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Du Maurier makes good use of many of the usual tropes of the Gothic genre, especially uncanny doubling: Relentlessly and unfavorably compared to the Manderley estate’s bewitching former mistress, the nameless narrator is pushed to the brink of sanity by the sinister housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers.
    M.L. Rio, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The film follows a fading boxing champion (Pisano) who fights to hold onto his legacy, his family, and his sanity — until the hardest punch comes from within.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 29 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in January found that shrinking the federal workforce — whether through job cuts or getting rid of entire agencies — has more opposition than support, although a significant share of Americans had yet to develop an opinion.
    Brian Witte, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Polls offer mixed signals about public opinion on these actions.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Those supermarket smack-talking sessions have gone on to become some of Struthers’ favorite memories of Arthur.
    EW.com, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Rachel Wisniewski/for NPR One of Roman's favorite memories came this season in a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
    Frank Langfitt, NPR, 8 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Well, listen, most of what USAID is doing is employing Americans, and often foreign nationals, to try to prevent instability and conflict.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • In this paper, Claudia Goldin, the 2023 winner of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences, offers a new theory to help explain why (listen to The Indicator's conversation with her back in 2021).
    Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
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  • However, think important to remember, General Kellogg, who's the Trump administration special envoy for Ukraine, is going to be in Ukraine next week.
    ABC News, ABC News, 16 Feb. 2025
  • What’s important to remember is just how much evidence exists indicating that buprenorphine can help people with opioid addiction.
    Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • However, pedestrians and bicyclists need to obey the rules of the road that apply to them.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Still, the court ordered them not to participate in any fraternity parties, not to participate in any recruitment events for the fraternity, and to obey all laws, including those related to alcohol consumption.
    Caleb Lunetta, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Although the news sent shock waves around the world, anyone who was paying attention would have noticed the fraying threads of Payne’s life.
    Federico Fahsbender, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2025
  • And Wall Street noticed, sending shares of the company up 24 percent to $12.38 on Monday.
    David Moin, WWD, 11 Feb. 2025

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“Mind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mind. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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