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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

The researchers found that three proteins, TAK1, TAB2 and PKA-Cα, work together as a signaling hub inside this cellular antenna.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 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

Out in the driveway, Mr. Washburn is already sitting in his big black car with the little American flag on the antenna.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

It is no bigger than a fingertip, but has comically large antennae - which Hughes likens to "big floppy ears".

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

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

Other bees frequently touch the dancer with their antennae and bodies.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 24, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

They were unusual spectacles, being without ear pieces, but shaped rather like scissors or like the antennae of the tarantula wasp.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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

These antennas absorb light with a particular color and helicity, then emit that light in a specific direction.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

On winter afternoons he moves among the antennas like a sailor through rigging.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr




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