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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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Despite having his antenna up, Russell says he was initially taken in by a couple of phony outreaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The company says this "anti-jam antenna system" can be installed on different kinds of vehicles – from cars to aircraft – and that it uses multiple channels to overcome jamming.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

The gold antenna used in the device is shaped like a cuboid measuring 300 by 300 by 50 nanometers.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2026

Launching Station receives targets’ location from ECS through the station’s antenna.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 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




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