loudspeaker
Americannoun
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loudspeakers
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any of various devices, usually electronic, by which speech, music, etc., can be intensified and made audible throughout a room, hall, or the like.
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Audio.
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a device for transforming electric signals into audible sound, most frequently used to reproduce speech and music.
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noun
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Or a woman taking a phone call on loudspeaker before scrolling at volume through her social feed.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
One video showed a drone nosediving toward one of the warehouses as air-raid sirens rang out and a loudspeaker announcement instructed employees to seek shelter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
It was a rare, unexplained, glitch in a system that blares out warnings of incoming attacks multiple times a day through loudspeaker announcements on the street and metro, and the collective ping of phone notifications.
From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026
This technique records electrical activity between the inner ear and the brain using small electrodes placed on the animals while short bursts of sound are played through a small loudspeaker.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026
A man was hanging out of the door, a loudspeaker pressed to his mouth, his slow Hausa words resonating.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Meanwhile in rural areas such as North Gyeongsang province, local authorities are deploying drones attached with loudspeakers and thermal imaging cameras to protect its farmers, many of whom are also elderly.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The newly designed white French loudspeakers suspended over the Bowl stage along with ground-level white cubes of super-effective subwoofers have clean, unobtrusive lines that well fit the shell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Nearby to the training booths, other stations offered tea, psychological counselling services and medical support, while loudspeakers broadcast speeches, chants, and eulogies for slain military commanders.
From Barron's ● May 19, 2026
As Pope Leo arrived, rhythmic music blared from loudspeakers with inmates breaking into song and dance under the stern gaze of prison officers.
From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026
The loudspeakers are playing a horrible mix of pop songs from when I was in elementary school.
From "Starfish" by Akemi Dawn Bowman
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