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acoustics

[uh-koo-stiks] / əˈku stɪks /
NOUN
sound quality
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STRONG


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In some, I couldn't hear the coroner through the noise of a busy train line, or because of poor acoustics in a vast room; in others, rooms became so hot that regular breaks were required.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

But Grenell said that option posed myriad complications such as whether awkward safety measures—such as wearing hard hats—would be needed for audience members, and how acoustics might be affected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

The structure possesses a double power: phenomenal acoustics and, with its sheer beauty, the ability to trick us into thinking the chapel choir is better than it is.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Michael Stocker, executive director of the acoustics group Ocean Conservation Research, has been leading whale-viewing trips to the gray whales’ breeding ground at San Ignacio Lagoon in Baja California since 2006.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2026

Judging from the acoustics, Reyna was in a small room with brick or concrete walls: maybe a basement or a cell.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan



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