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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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Even without a completed antenna, the team believes it has collected enough evidence to establish that the approach is technically feasible.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Most recently, in March, her BMW was stolen from outside her home using an antenna to amplify the signal from the key fob inside her house.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

The NC State researchers wanted to investigate whether a laser could offer a simpler solution by creating an antenna directly in the surrounding air.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

Traditional antenna systems can also require complicated deployment mechanisms, particularly when large structures must be folded for launch and extended after reaching space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

In front, Pa ties a large white cloth to the antenna while Meng ties another piece to the side mirrors.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

A pair of black antennae lie in front of her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

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

Then the beetle seeks out an ant — climbing on top of it, clasping its antennae in its jaws and scooping up its pheromones with brush-like legs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026

Then she taps down the hairs that always stick up like antennae along Hannah’s part.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

Already, Russian engineers are fitting Shahed drones with better antennas so that they can withstand jamming, and Ukrainian forces are creating ever more powerful jammers in response.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026

Future robotic construction systems could help scientists build gigantic space telescopes that collect more light, radio antennas capable of supporting advanced communications, and enormous solar arrays designed to capture sunlight in orbit.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Similar structures could also support powerful radio antennas, allowing scientists and engineers to build communications systems much larger than those that can currently be launched.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Eleven months later, several television antennas in the region were burned, cutting communications to a million French people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026

All I saw were these tubes jutting out from either side of my head—like antennas.

From "Wonder" by R. J. Palacio


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