Recent Examples on the WebAdvertisement And as so often happens, technology stepped in to break everything apart, much like the MP3 revolution shattered the music industry’s model of selling $20 compact discs with 18 songs, only two of which were hits.—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024 Diamond saws slice wafers, which resemble compact discs, into chips, which are then assembled and packaged into final products.—Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 24 Sep. 2024 The advent of the compact disc (CD) in 1982 also upended the way music was consumed, offering higher sound quality and durability compared to vinyl records and cassette tapes.—Spin Staff, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2024 The library owns a Philips CD-i, an early effort at supplanting video game cartridges with compact discs.—Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for compact disc
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