parrot 1 of 2

as in to echo
to say after another the toddler parroted everything her father said, often to the latter's embarrassment

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noun

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This line of thinking has been parroted across right and left-leaning spaces and signals the sexist and lazy approach to politics that has erased women from halls of power for so long. Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 9 Oct. 2024 In the case of AIs, there is usually not even an identifiable chunk of text that’s being parroted—just a smoothie distilled from an unthinkably large number of ingredients. Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
Meet Chewy Claus, fulfilling wishes for all pets from dogs and cats to parrots and birds. Saman Shafiq, The Courier-Journal, 2 Dec. 2024 Finalists for 2025 Indianapolis Prize:Helping protect parrots, manatees, jaguars and more Who are the 2025 Emerging Conservationist finalists? Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for parrot 
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  • Dozens and dozens of followers echoed similar sentiments about the beloved seasoning.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass echoed the notice on in a post on X, noting that the area north of Franklin will also be open.
    Janhvi Bhojwani, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Set a couple centuries after the end of that last trilogy, Kingdom is a world in which different ape factions are fighting for dominance, most of them using the teachings of Caesar as a guide.
    Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Great care was taken to recreate Williams’ eyes, brows, and tattoos when building his ape model, using reference captured when Williams visited the set to maintain his likeness and recognizability.
    Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 3 Jan. 2025
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  • Trump, who had fought to keep the report secret, criticized the findings on Truth Social and repeated false claims about the House committee that investigated Jan. 6. — CNBC’s Hakyung Kim, Annika Kim Constantino, Salvador Rodriguez, Gabrielle Fonrouge and NBC News contributed to this report.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Ephron’s comment was based on the opinion that marketers were helping to create ad avoidance with strategies that inundated persons with repeating the same ads over and over again.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Greg Pils, the director of the Bureau of Environmental Analysis and Sustainability, said the DNR heavily considered the comments and concerns shared with them by the public, and did not simply rubber stamp the permits.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Promoting accountability can’t be done by rubber stamp.
    Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 1 Nov. 2024
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  • In 2022 three wealthy businessmen paid $55 million each for a ride aboard a SpaceX rocket that took them to the ISS—a figure that’s a lot closer to the 70 billion KRW amount quoted in the K-drama.
    Regina Kim, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Hegseth was pushed out of the group over his alcohol abuse on the job, according to three sources quoted in the story.
    James Powel, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The boycott tanked the beer brand’s sales and unleashed a wave of smaller copycat boycotts against companies who engaged in marketing outreach to the LGBTQ communities or voiced commitments to DEI.
    Conor Murray, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The bulletin does not include any specific intelligence regarding a specific copycat attack and serves as a general warning to keep people on alert.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Older actors know more people and have worked with more people, and those people vote.
    Steven Zeitchik, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Musk’s public support of the AfD is part of his wider, international campaign to elevate right-wing, conservative political actors in Western nations.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Jan. 2025

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“Parrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parrot. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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