1
as in realizing
to come to an awareness of
I heard your sister is home from the hospital
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2
as in listening
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
at least hear what I have to say before you start disagreeing
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Recent Examples of hearing
Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Democrats on the committee are demanding HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answer their questions in person at a hearing.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2025
Tarrant County school districts and city leaders warned lawmakers of the negative effects of property reappraisals not being done annually during a recent subcommittee hearing in Austin.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
At the court hearing in Moscow last October, a masked guard placed Hubbard into a glass cage.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Noun
At special hearings organized by Santa Clara County Supervisor Sylvia Arenas and her former colleague Cindy Chavez, Kraft and dozens of colleagues demanded reforms and a rebalancing of a system that left too many children in dangerous homes.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2025
Democrats on the committee are demanding HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. answer their questions in person at a hearing.
—Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 12 Apr. 2025
Tarrant County school districts and city leaders warned lawmakers of the negative effects of property reappraisals not being done annually during a recent subcommittee hearing in Austin.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Apr. 2025
At the court hearing in Moscow last October, a masked guard placed Hubbard into a glass cage.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hearing
Noun
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To listen to these recordings, to go back as far as the turn of the century, to the beginning of recorded sound to the present is to hear points in a timeline, to time travel.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Four days later, Todd used that fan’s sound to share a TikTok post of him in the recording studio.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Young people also are realizing that clicking on other people's exaggerated lifestyles doesn't lead to a positive frame of mind.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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No, the real jolt came from realizing the true breadth of Jacinto’s range.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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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
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Honestly, my job was listening.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Kyle and Kamilla are back at it With nary an ally in sight, the butt doctor seemed like a goner, but Kyle and Kamilla were up to their sneaky tricks again.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Cut and Cover the Stump One possibility is to simply remove the stump from your sight rather than from the ground.—
Daniel Scott,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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After discovering Ben's corpse, Misty gives her crush a kiss.—
Samantha Highfill,
EW.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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As scientists are discovering, black holes are even stranger than science fiction.—
Sidney Stevens,
Treehugger,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Saint Alphonsus is still seeing some sporadic RSV cases and typical COVID cases for this time of year, Kitamura said.—
Carolyn Komatsoulis,
Idaho Statesman,
5 Jan. 2025
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The games have been about playing spoiler in the NFC playoff picture and seeing what on this 2024 roster is transferrable to the future.—
Saad Yousuf,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The machine learning aspect of this latest breakthrough focused primarily on detecting the presence of ink, not deciphering the characters or text.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Language learning app Duolingo killed off its plucky mascot, Duo the owl, this week — creating a social media marketing moment that may have more sticking power than recent Super Bowl ads.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Hearing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hearing. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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