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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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And they have an antenna in the van that shows them the location of the small first-person-view drones that render the frontline so deadly.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 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

It receives radio waves from the depths of space, focusing them onto the feed arm antenna high above the dish, which is in turn electronically connected to the control room, where the signal is analyzed.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

It is no bigger than a fingertip, but has comically large antennae - which Hughes likens to "big floppy ears".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

If Mengucci’s plain talk can’t be received by investors’ antennae or Bluetooth, they’d better check their connectivity.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Other bees frequently touch the dancer with their antennae and bodies.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026

This girl boss couldn’t feel less human if antennae sprouted from her eyebrows.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

“I’m not sure you could put antennae on an elephant,” Mari said.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste

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

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Russian engineers are skilled at exploiting off-the-shelf equipment to maximum benefit, such as in creating antennas that thwart electronic countermeasures and communication networks that overcome jamming.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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

As chill as you can be with a line of news trucks idling in front of your school, antennas stabbing the sky.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater




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