cable box
Americannoun
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an electronic device that allows cable television channels to be viewed by a subscriber.
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an electronic device that converts a digital television signal to analog or unscrambles a television signal.
Example Sentences
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What Buffett meant was that TCM was on channel 256 of his cable box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
“There’s no contract, no cable box, and no wait time to subscribe,” Disney said in the blog post.
From Reuters ● Sep. 5, 2023
All your “campaign reboots” — the equivalent of unplugging the cable box for 15 seconds before plugging it back in — have not worked.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
Elena’s job duties range from authenticating rare da Vincis to having her boss’s clothes pressed; Noah burns scrambled eggs while soldering a cable box.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2023
One way to bring that cost down is adopting the original TV technology — over-the-air antennas that capture broadcast signals without a connection to a cable box, a satellite dish or the internet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2022
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