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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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He parked a gray van loaded with electronics nearby, pointed an antenna at the hotel and listened in.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Daryanani sees opportunity for Amphenol to benefit even beyond AI, as the company, which also makes interconnect systems and antenna solutions, serves the defense and industrial markets.

From MarketWatch Aug. 21, 2026

The antenna being replaced is key to high-speed communications and data transmission between the ISS and mission control in Houston, she added.

From Barron's Aug. 18, 2026

"Because the antennas have very different propagation coefficients, when we put them close together, essentially each antenna doesn't 'see' the antenna next to it. Therefore, it won't couple with its neighbor," Garcia Coleto says.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

The boy who’d fled from the hospital must have left the shirt on the antenna of Officer Delinko’s squad car, obviously as some sort of joke.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen

Using satellite images, shore-based antennae, data and other sources, Kpler aims to reconstruct the trajectory of a vessel that has "gone dark," he added.

From Barron's Mar. 31, 2026

"There's around 10,000 satellites orbiting right now. The plan is to go to about 40-50,000 satellites in just some years," explains Abrahamsson, as he stands overlooking several large antennae.

From BBC Feb. 23, 2026

This girl boss couldn’t feel less human if antennae sprouted from her eyebrows.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2026

Today, there’s a Christmas tree fashioned out of communication antennae on her bow.

From Salon Dec. 24, 2025

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

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina

JPL also manages the Deep Space Network — the global array of massive antennas that will transmit commands to the copter and receive data from Titan.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2026

Federal aviation officials are planning to move air-traffic control antennas and implement new procedures to avoid a repeat of last week’s safety incident with Marine One near a busy Washington, D.C., airport.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

Global drone makers are particularly dependent on China for brushless motors, antennas, cameras and batteries.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

Although the antennas needed different propagation coefficients, they still had to release light in the same consistent manner.

From Science Daily Jul. 22, 2026

News vans with tall antennas are parked across the street.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas




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