parrot
noun
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
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Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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All sorts of journalists and media outlets are parroting the point.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2024
Of course, the opposite is true, as both women and employers back away from guys who are parroting Tate's rhetoric.
From Salon ● May 10, 2023
“None of these people know anything about the case. They are parroting what the defense has told them,” Ashmore said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 7, 2023
The women, Pouw claimed without evidence, are parroting comments made by Leah Remini, an actress who became an outspoken critic of Scientology after breaking with it in 2015.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2021
These will conveniently identify those writers who have not seen it, and are parroting by rote content taken from other sites.
From Forbes ● Aug. 15, 2013
