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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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They are given an 18-month period to find a new site - although they say finding new antenna sites can take an average of two years.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Over the next three months, Roman will deploy its antenna, adjust its course, and power on its two instruments: JPL’s planet hunter and a night-sky surveyor called the Wide Field Instrument.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

He parked a gray van loaded with electronics nearby, pointed an antenna at the hotel and listened in.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Daryanani sees opportunity for Amphenol to benefit even beyond AI, as the company, which also makes interconnect systems and antenna solutions, serves the defense and industrial markets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

She shows him the transmitter in the attic: its double battery, its old-fashioned electrophone, the hand-machined antenna that can be raised and lowered along the chimney by an ingenious system of levers.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

This structure separates spiders and their relatives from insects, which instead have antennae at the front of their bodies.

From Science Daily Apr. 3, 2026

Using satellite images, shore-based antennae, data and other sources, Kpler aims to reconstruct the trajectory of a vessel that has "gone dark," he added.

From Barron's Mar. 31, 2026

Today, there’s a Christmas tree fashioned out of communication antennae on her bow.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

But these locations also make it easy for thieves to approach and use an antennae to capture the signal from outside the door.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 26, 2025

Near my foot a grasshopper clung to a tall weed, his antennae turned toward me.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

Once a development receives planning consent, mobile operators are issued a notice-to-quit and must remove their antennas.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

JPL also manages the Deep Space Network — the global array of massive antennas that will transmit commands to the copter and receive data from Titan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Global drone makers are particularly dependent on China for brushless motors, antennas, cameras and batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

The wire, strung diagonally from one comer of the parapet to the other, stretched across her view of television antennas, billboards, and the distant arches of Howrah Bridge.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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