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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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They are given an 18-month period to find a new site - although they say finding new antenna sites can take an average of two years.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Over the next three months, Roman will deploy its antenna, adjust its course, and power on its two instruments: JPL’s planet hunter and a night-sky surveyor called the Wide Field Instrument.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

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

A specialized antenna can then convert those optical frequencies into millimeter waves.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

But that never did come through, even after James rigged up an extra length of antenna wire.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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

This structure separates spiders and their relatives from insects, which instead have antennae at the front of their bodies.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026

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

From Salon ● Dec. 24, 2025

The conversations I hear in boardrooms around a focus on Africa, for me, they get my antennae raised.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2025

The kids representing the Mid-Atlantic region wore crab costumes, complete with deely-bopper antennae and pinchers.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

Once a development receives planning consent, mobile operators are issued a notice-to-quit and must remove their antennas.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some coral species with fast-growing branches are planted onto "coral trees" that look like old television antennas and are suspended in the water column, with floats to keep them upright.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

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

The wire, strung diagonally from one comer of the parapet to the other, stretched across her view of television antennas, billboards, and the distant arches of Howrah Bridge.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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