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microphone

[mahy-kruh-fohn] / ˈmaɪ krəˌfoʊn /
NOUN
instrument that transforms sound waves into electric currents
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But in the face of all the heart-wrenching testimonials, the founder of the Research Hematology-Oncology Service at Texas Children’s Hospital took to the microphone.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2026

Before Hinojosa arrived on stage, the host ushered to the microphone a woman who identified herself as a 46-year-old Houston native who had never voted before.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

When Parliament returned after the summer, she had to use a microphone to take part in debates.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

In a wave pool, “someone on a microphone is telling you your wave is coming.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

I open my microphone and set it to record.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

"All sensors in a vehicle that are suitable for surveillance" can pose a threat to military security, it added, highlighting cameras, radar, microphones and data transmission systems.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

We watch coders: And, yes, they’re coding with microphones, they’re coding with headsets, they’re speaking to their code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

But from what I could tell on Thursday, the member's microphones were live all night, with a backing track doubling their vocals at crucial moments.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

A maracas solo by Ernesto Laya, however, seemed to be too soft to be picked up by the microphones, yet he held a cheering crowd rapt simply by his rhythmic movements.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Washington marching band now took up a position in the observation room, switched on the microphones, and began to play dance music.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown


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