as in hearing
range of hearing babysitters should remain within earshot of young children

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Recent Examples of earshot During the walk-through Tuesday, Vance spoke with a convention staffer out of earshot of the press, smiling for the cameras. Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 17 July 2024 Josué, ever talkative, told anyone within earshot that they were headed to New York to see Times Square, or las pantallas: the screens. Luis Ferré-Sadurní, New York Times, 8 July 2024 Across South Tampa, civilians within earshot of the base’s 13 speakers stop moving, too. Christopher Spata, Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2024 Woodpeckers pecked the gray siding outside, birds chirped within earshot of every bedroom. David Oliver, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for earshot 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for earshot
Noun
  • Smith said that at the public hearing last month when the Planning Commission endorsed the project, one speaker brought up the theaters’ potential departure.
    Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
  • That experience led her to be hired by the Republican chairperson of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to question Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh during Kavanaugh's U.S. Supreme Court nomination hearing in 2018.
    Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • After winning a sound Oscar for Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, editor and sound designer Walter Murch was approached by Disney to discuss projects to direct.
    Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
  • This occurs when an object vibrates after being hit by sound waves at a higher amplitude, like when a drummer hits a drum and the instrument and air vibrate to create a loud sound.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 22 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The reason being is to not overwhelm the whole creatures and maintain a safe distance from them.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Visitors to this picturesque city in the Alsace region can pop in and out of 13 quaint markets, all within walking distance of each other in the old town.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Oz treats both literal and figurative families as either responsibilities to be resented or props to be arranged for his benefit; The Penguin ends with Oz, his goal finally in sight, re-creating those cycles of violence and outdoing his own brutality.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • All are Democrats, with nary a Republican in sight.
    Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024

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“Earshot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earshot. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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