listen in
verb
listened in; listening in; listens in
1
: to tune in to or monitor a broadcast
2
: to listen to a conversation without participating in it
especially
: eavesdrop
Examples of listen in in a Sentence
it's not polite to listen in on other people's private conversations
Recent Examples on the Web
The footage was captured at the base of the AGR building where Trump supporters were gathered to listen in on the rally on the outside perimeter.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2024
In the race to test generative AI in medicine, ambient scribes — which listen in to the audio of a visit and turn it into a structured clinical note for the electronic health record — are leading the pack.
—Katie Palmer, STAT, 30 July 2024
After Bamber reported his father’s distress call, the phone in the Whitehouse kitchen was left off the hook, and an operator at the phone company was charged with listening in to the open line.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Much of the film features Willow listening in on tense conversations between the haggard adults in her life from behind closed doors or within the shadows.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 26 July 2024
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 2 Aug. 2024
In the race to test generative AI in medicine, ambient scribes — which listen in to the audio of a visit and turn it into a structured clinical note for the electronic health record — are leading the pack.
—Katie Palmer, STAT, 30 July 2024
After Bamber reported his father’s distress call, the phone in the Whitehouse kitchen was left off the hook, and an operator at the phone company was charged with listening in to the open line.
—Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024
Much of the film features Willow listening in on tense conversations between the haggard adults in her life from behind closed doors or within the shadows.
—Vikram Murthi, IndieWire, 26 July 2024
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“Listen in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listen%20in. Accessed 22 Aug. 2024.
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