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as in to realize
to come to an awareness of
I heard your sister is home from the hospital
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Recent Examples of hear
Robinson heard about Red Note on TikTok, set up an account, and started posting.
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Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
TikTok appealed the case again to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the challenge with oral arguments set for Jan. 10.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The listener is simultaneously hearing and not hearing, unawarely aware.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And the mother heard a noise, eventually, and went into the child's bedroom, and there was a person standing over her bed.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
TikTok appealed the case again to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the challenge with oral arguments set for Jan. 10.
—Conor Murray, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
The listener is simultaneously hearing and not hearing, unawarely aware.
—Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And the mother heard a noise, eventually, and went into the child's bedroom, and there was a person standing over her bed.
—Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hear
Verb
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Many people are starting to realize that $300+ billion search market, led in the west by Google, is being completely upended by new large language models and generative AI.—
John Sviokla,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Just wish people would realize Walt literally created Disney so everyone – kids AND adults – could have fun together.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
14 Jan. 2025
Verb
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And because of that, everyone listens to them with immense respect and enthusiasm.—
Rebecca Cohen,
NBC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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But in reality, Finebaum gives far more time to listening to the average fan than practically any other national sports TV show.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Tours also include an equal number of travelers who can see.—
MaryLou Costa, contributor,
CNBC,
22 Jan. 2025
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The states that saw the most substantial mortgage costs were as follows: Hawaii, California, Utah, Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Colorado, Nevada, Massachusetts and Arizona.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Urban planners are increasingly discovering that a viable solution to traffic congestion, long commute times and excessive vehicle emissions isn’t found at street level, but higher up.—
Shoshi Parks,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 Jan. 2025
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Soderbergh and Jules later discovered that a woman died in the house in the late 1980s, apparently from suicide.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Babich learned his lesson and took his foot off the blitzing pedal.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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But that only heightened the joy of discovery for me as a music-loving teen eager to hear and learn as much as possible.—
George Varga,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The easier and often more obvious group of four will become yellow once found all together, followed by green, blue and, the hardest or more obscure group, purple.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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Emergency crews were dispatched to a home on Horseshoe Drive at 5:47 p.m. in connection with a fire complaint and found that the residence was burning, according to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police Department.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Hear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hear. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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