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The phrase "a third listen" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of listening to something for the third time, such as a song, podcast, or audio recording.
Example: "After a third listen, I finally understood the deeper meaning of the lyrics."
Alternatives: "the third time listening" or "on my third listen".
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On the other hand, two-thirds of those teens now listen to streaming music "regularly" and nearly a third listen to it every day.
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You'd be forgiven if you didn't hear the ukulele on a first listen.
On a first listen, a flurry of adjectives flow: ghostly, hazy, ethereal, mystical, angelic, spectral, sensual.
"It gets me a first listen because there is a certain novelty to it.
A first listen turns up nods to Curtis Mayfield, Ann Peebles, the Temptations, Honey Cone, and the O'Jays.
But a ninth listen to 'Welcome to Beijing' has got me back on track.
On a first listen, the album swoops from piano-led slow jams to thudding electronica.
On a first listen, they reminded me of old blues records.
On a first listen, the music sounds aloof and arty — and it is, full of conceptual wiles.
If this was a new Hard-Fi single no one would bat an eyelid, or give it a second listen.
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