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Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Wildlife trafficking of turtles, parrots, and more in Mexico—with most transactions conducted on social media—is threatening the country’s revered biodiversity.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 26 June 2025
Stewart Whitson, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
Spotify last year began offering subscriptions that bundle music with audiobooks, a move Amazon Music has recently parroted.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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Verb
Just ask Microsoft, whose 2016 chatbot Tay, attracting users with nefarious objectives, quickly descended into a racist, misogynistic parrot.
—Robert C. Wolcott, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Wildlife trafficking of turtles, parrots, and more in Mexico—with most transactions conducted on social media—is threatening the country’s revered biodiversity.
—Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 26 June 2025
Noun
Their last best hope is to parrot a false narrative that benefits are being cut for the truly needy.
—Stewart Whitson, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
Spotify last year began offering subscriptions that bundle music with audiobooks, a move Amazon Music has recently parroted.
—Cathy Applefeld Olson, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for parrot
Verb
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This is echoed in the U.S. and regions across the world.—
Javier Cavada,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Those worries were echoed by Jon Fansmith, senior vice president for government relations and national engagement at the American Council on Education, the country's main higher education association.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
Noun
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The revival's planned 11th season was canceled after Barr, who played the titular matriarch of the working-class Conner family, sent a tweet likening Valerie Jarrett, a former advisor to President Barack Obama, to an ape.—
Carson Blackwelder,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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With that, there’s plenty of weight on the ape’s shoulders, but the developers at Nintendo are confident that DK is up to the task.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
10 July 2025
Verb
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And the cycle of inequity repeats over and over, especially for people who were never invited into those rooms to begin with.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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Add to that the many original performers repeating their roles, the constant callbacks and the non-stop nostalgia, and the result is less a continuation than an exercise in fan service.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
25 July 2025
Noun
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This community deserves the truth, and Detroit Opera’s leadership – and the board that’s continued to rubber stamp these numbers – should be held accountable.—
Duante Beddingfield,
Freep.com,
18 July 2025
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But members of Congress today are merely rubber stamps.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
12 July 2025
Verb
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has been widely quoted as instructing his office designers to assure no employee was more than 200 feet away from food.—
Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
12 July 2025
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Unexpectedly, he's been taking it upon himself to continue quoting verses, stepping into the role of a preacher.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Richard Reid will be locked in a Colorado supermax prison for the rest of his life, with not a single copycat to his name.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
10 July 2025
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According to the complaint, Eric Vander Ley exploited lapses in business registrations with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to set up the copycat companies.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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One of the more famous actors to save the day on the big screen, Henry Cavill debuted as Superman in 2013's Man of Steel.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 July 2025
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Last year, on his 47th birthday on March 8, the actor confirmed that Humes' sweet tradition continued.—
Erin Clack,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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“Parrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parrot. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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