as in listens
to pay attention especially through the act of hearing
young people would do well to read this wise and witty book and harken to its message
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Recent Examples of harkens
At age 26, the Soto deal harkens to the 10-year, $252 million deal that Alex Rodriguez reached in 2000 with the Texas Rangers.
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Maury Brown, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Watch on Deadline This kind of success harkens back years ago, when Stephenie Meyer sold her Twilight novels and Suzanne Collins did the same with The Hunger Games.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
The retro trend of cladding your rooms with wallpaper actually harkens further back to centuries past, when fine homes were showcases for pastoral murals in elegant gathering rooms.
—Jamie Gold, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
The ‘House of Celebration’ concept harkens back to aforementioned John Jacob Astor, who used to open his home for intimate and private but festive and unforgettable parties.
—Benedetta Rossi, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
All of that harkens back to the golden era of Swiss watches while also tempering the glistening effects of the more-often-bare-naked fumé dial.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2024
GloRilla’s major-label debut Glorious harkens back towards the glory years of the dirty South.
—Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2024
It's certainly still harkens back to a time before there was condos on every inch of the beach and before there were high-rises.
—Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 19 Oct. 2024
Some of his ever-confining black-and-white cinematography has an odd kind of beauty that harkens back to Méliès and Wiene.
—Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 7 Oct. 2024
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“Harkens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/harkens. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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