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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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Back then, TV “friction” meant tweaking the rabbit ears with tin foil or asking your uncle to hold the antenna until the fourth quarter was done.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Instead of an antenna, there was a claw.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The company says this "anti-jam antenna system" can be installed on different kinds of vehicles – from cars to aircraft – and that it uses multiple channels to overcome jamming.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

In another neighbourhood, only the steel framework of a bombed-out building had survived, still supporting a massive antenna on the roof.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

He splices a broken line, or pokes a bird’s nest off a boom, or elevates an antenna on struts.

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




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