listening device
noun
: a small hidden microphone that is used to secretly listen to and record people
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Most people carry a smartphone, but many also tote a laptop, a tablet and listening device such as headphones or earbuds.
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Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The concerns are multi-pronged and include overuse of the Doppler listening device and/or misinterpretation, positively or negatively.
—Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 30 July 2024
Catchers who play high school softball are about to join catchers who play high school baseball in wearing a listening device in the ear to receive instruction from their coach.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
His first task was to retrieve a listening device in a foreign embassy that was no longer producing a signal, and his CIA bosses were worried that a U.S. adversary may have gotten hold of it.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 4 July 2024
The spider silk acts as a super-sensitive listening device, capable of detecting noises from up to ten feet away, according to the research led by Ron Miles, a mechanical engineer at Binghamton University.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2024
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Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The concerns are multi-pronged and include overuse of the Doppler listening device and/or misinterpretation, positively or negatively.
—Robin Elise Weiss, Phd, Parents, 30 July 2024
Catchers who play high school softball are about to join catchers who play high school baseball in wearing a listening device in the ear to receive instruction from their coach.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
His first task was to retrieve a listening device in a foreign embassy that was no longer producing a signal, and his CIA bosses were worried that a U.S. adversary may have gotten hold of it.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 4 July 2024
The spider silk acts as a super-sensitive listening device, capable of detecting noises from up to ten feet away, according to the research led by Ron Miles, a mechanical engineer at Binghamton University.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May 2024
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“Listening device.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/listening%20device. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.
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