airwaves
Americanplural noun
plural noun
Etymology
Origin of airwaves
1895–1900, for earlier sense; air 1 + waves (plural of wave )
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"There was no Afrobeats on the airwaves," he laughs, recalling his early years in the country, when he says Caribbean reggae, dancehall and soca were more prominent in the musical landscape he encountered.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The purchase gave Musk’s company a platform for beaming data to cellphones from space using its own reserved frequencies rather than through airwaves licensed from partner T-Mobile.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
In the meantime, there’s a lot of unwieldy comic commotion involving a missing corpse, a tweaking, naked Dwight and enough insipid TV sibling bickering to clog the airwaves for a decade.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
This time last year – also a warm spring and hot summer – the media airwaves were filled with “plagues of wasps” stories.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
On the concert stage or over the airwaves, the transcendent quality of her voice touched her audiences deeply.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
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