headphone
Americannoun
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headphones
plural
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Audio. a headset designed for use with a stereo system.
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any set of earphones.
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Right now, your iPhone 5 is small, slow and still blessed with a headphone jack.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Simply click the headphone icon — which also shows how long listening to the story will take — and an automated voice will read the article aloud.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025
To improve this, Dr Alexander suggests reducing headphone use time and using the transparency mode which can amplify the background noise as well as wearing headphones that don't completely occlude or block the ears.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2025
The team's artificial intelligence algorithms combined with a headphone prototype allow the wearer to hear people speaking within a bubble with a programmable radius of 3 to 6 feet.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 14, 2024
I ask him, one headphone still on my ear.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
You could put headphones and a blazer on a hedgehog and an artichoke for the Chiefs versus the Cowboys, and it would be a massive hit, because it’s the Chiefs versus the Cowboys.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Carrick told BBC Radio 5 Live afterwards he "had the headphones on" this week so he hasn't heard the external noise created by Lisandro Martinez's rant.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
Basic etiquette rules still apply: The carriers remind passengers to wear headphones and keep their voices down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
Sources told the BBC that Salt stood pointing his mobile at the training session, while wearing in-ear headphones.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
Nico glances at his headphones, which are around my neck.
From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan
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