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microphone

[mahy-kruh-fohn] / ˈmaɪ krəˌfoʊn /
NOUN
instrument that transforms sound waves into electric currents
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mic mike
STRONG
WEAK


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At a wedding reception, Rick reluctantly agrees to share a microphone onstage after the newlyweds beg him to let a friend join his band for a number or two.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Aeon is equipped with 21 sensors including cameras, radar, a microphone, and force and torque sensors for manipulation.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“Long Beach Pride in the house,” Richardson boomed into a microphone.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

One hand holding a microphone, the other arm tightly tucked across her chest, she retreated to her zones of rhetorical comfort: grievance, victimhood, outrage.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

“Do you have a microphone hidden in that coat, too? Could we drop it down from over the stage? Or, I don’t know, there’s got to be some way to make this work!”

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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