amplifier
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They recruit a bass player named Bill Perks, who compensates for his lack of blues knowledge by bringing along an enormous amplifier.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
A few paces away, Jerry Garcia’s “Budman” amplifier, once part of the Grateful Dead’s three-story high “Wall of Sound,” perched atop a podium.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Conventional signals are refreshed roughly every 50 kilometers using an optical amplifier.
From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025
Because pain itself is generated in the brain, not the body’s tissues, it can be wildly out of proportion to any physical damage, an amplifier that transforms a whisper into a distorted shriek.
From Slate • Sep. 15, 2025
She switched off the detector and the amplifier.
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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