Example Sentences
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The brittle, acoustically reflective shell combines with its curved, hollow shape to act as a Helmholtz resonator, rendering ambient background noise into the sound of the surf.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026
White is 33 years old - about the same age Springsteen was when he recorded Nebraska, a downbeat series of character studies that were recorded acoustically in his home bedroom in Colts Neck, New Jersey.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025
Saturn’s moon, Titan, is probably acoustically the closest to Earth.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2025
"Medical jargon can be tricky, especially with abbreviations that differ across specialties. This is an even more difficult task when we refer to realistic hospital situations in which the room is not acoustically prepared."
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
If acoustically flawed, Peck knew, the building would be a failure no matter how imposing the finished structure proved to be.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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