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radio microphone

British  

noun

  1. a microphone incorporating a radio transmitter so that the user can move around freely

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Sandee Althouse displays her first tattoo, an old-timey radio microphone and “on air” sign.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2025

The Aberdeen fans, 20,000-strong and deafening, blasted out their joy while midfielder Ante Palaversa approached a live radio microphone.

From BBC May 24, 2025

And in 1952 he repositioned Walter Cronkite, a 35-year-old commentator, from his comfort zone behind a radio microphone to anchor the first television broadcast of the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

From Seattle Times Feb. 26, 2019

Mr. Fiske’s 64 years behind a radio microphone in Washington began just before the television age dawned, and spanned 12 presidential administrations.

From Washington Post Mar. 2, 2017

Sitting at his radio microphone, Royal Brougham exulted at the triumph of his favorites.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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