dittoing

verb

present participle of ditto
as in echoing
to say after another since you've said what I wanted to say—only better—I will just ditto your comments in my final report

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dittoing
  1. echoing
  2. quoting
  3. repeating
Verb
  • Their statements arrived within hours of each other, echoing the same split-screen convergence playing out in Arizona.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Natural materials like wood and stone are used throughout the villa, echoing the architecture of ancient Ayutthaya.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of echoing
Verb
  • Roberts spent much of his six-page dissent emphasizing the historic nature of the White House complex, quoting former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill at the end of his opinion.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Home-insurance companies had estimated a typical rebuild to cost around four hundred dollars per square foot; in Los Angeles, after the fires, contractors have been quoting prices that are closer to seven hundred dollars per square foot.
    — Nicola Twilley, New Yorker, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of quoting
Verb
  • The boards that avoid repeating the errors of that 2012 firm will not be the ones holding the most detailed AI policy documents.
    — Amer Al Ahbabi, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Hundreds of residents returned to the streets the following day, marching toward the Trampolín and Benítez beach areas where migrants were camped and repeating the same chant, according to EFE.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of repeating
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“Dittoing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dittoing. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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