airwaves

[air-weyvz]

plural noun

1. the media of radio and television broadcasting.

   The airwaves were filled with news flashes about the crisis.

airwaves

/ ˈɛəˌweɪvz /

plural noun

1. informal,  radio waves used in radio and television broadcasting

Word History and Origins

Origin of airwaves¹

1895–1900, for earlier sense; air ¹ + waves (plural of wave )

Example Sentences

Self-deprecation isn’t much in evidence at the BBC these days as its staff take to their airwaves to insist how unbiased they are.

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The airwaves are filled with restaurant promotions right now—so many that industry analysts believe they are getting less effective and consumers are tuning them out.

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On Nigeria’s social-media sites and national airwaves, theories have gone viral that America is plotting a military operation as cover to extract its resources.

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A star-studded cast of Democratic leaders also flooded the airwaves to support the measure, including Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

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The two sides are fighting it out in court and, now, in bars and on the airwaves.

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