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Other overachieving systems—including the active hydraulic roll stabilization, the rear-wheel steering, even the acoustically insulated convertible top, your honor—contributed to my oblivious delinquency.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
Macaque calls were added because these primates are more distantly related to humans both evolutionarily and acoustically.
From Science Daily • Dec. 10, 2025
I remember hearing Mehta conduct Bruckner’s Eighth in the acoustically challenging Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and with the Vienna Philharmonic in its storied Musikverein.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025
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
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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