loudspeaker
Americannoun
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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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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
While the noise of the by-election pricks everyone's ears, Mark and his fellow constituents have their views on loudspeaker.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 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 giant digital screen onstage features a countdown clock and a loudspeaker along the main thoroughfare also keeps guests appraised of how much time they have the get back to their seats.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2026
I stop in my tracks, staring at the loudspeaker.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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
Many are small Chinese tankers that make their presence and origin known to the Revolutionary Guard through loudspeakers and shortwave radio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
They arrived at yet another checkpoint, this one with Israeli security officers, who called out the names of the returnees on loudspeakers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 19, 2026
As per the plan, Takumi was in the supply room on the second floor, connecting his stereo equipment to the gym’s loudspeakers.
From "Looking for Alaska" by John Green
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