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

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Perhaps he should puff out his chest and stop sharing the microphone with his OKC teammates.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Over a microphone, designer Callie Kinnan describes her decision to resew the entire garment in a new material: “The stretch mesh didn’t work. It kept warping when I sewed.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 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

It helped me relax to hold an old Harry Potter wand I use as a fake microphone when I sing in private.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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