answering machines
- plural of answering machine.
Example Sentences
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The VCR was also the leading edge of a cluster of inexpensive consumer electronics in the 1980s that transformed domestic life: the Walkman, answering machines, videogames, video cameras and PCs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026
“Bruce knows we need a restart in City Hall, to restore trust and unify our city,” the 45-year-old South Seattle resident told the answering machines, stressing issues of homelessness, economic recovery and public safety.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 1, 2021
Then I left messages on the answering machines of close friends, asking them to come over as soon as they could.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2019
Characters make calls from pay phones and listen to messages on answering machines.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2017
Their computers went out the door, along with the usual blizzard of papers, notebooks, compact disks, answering machines, Sony Walkmans, etc.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
