loudspeaker
noun
loud·speak·er
ˈlau̇d-ˌspē-kər 
: a device that changes electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
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Throughout his career, Jones has refined bygone technologies to develop new products, such as the Coherent Source Transducer (CST) for Japanese loudspeaker manufacturer TAD Laboratories.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025
In 2020, when Covid-19 was at its worst in the nation’s most populous city, many neighborhoods fired up loudspeakers around 7 p.m. to provide a musical tribute and cheers to New York’s first responders.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Mbappe’s name had been the last to ring out over the Santiago Bernabeu’s loudspeakers, a place the club had usually reserved for Vinicius Jr in recent times.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The evacuation response also included knocking on doors, loudspeakers and messages sent to local news media, according to Ms. Marcellino.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 15 Feb. 2025
In 2020, when Covid-19 was at its worst in the nation’s most populous city, many neighborhoods fired up loudspeakers around 7 p.m. to provide a musical tribute and cheers to New York’s first responders.
—Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2025
Mbappe’s name had been the last to ring out over the Santiago Bernabeu’s loudspeakers, a place the club had usually reserved for Vinicius Jr in recent times.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
The evacuation response also included knocking on doors, loudspeakers and messages sent to local news media, according to Ms. Marcellino.
—Claire Fahy, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
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loudspeaker
noun
loud·speak·er
-ˈspē-kər
: a device that changes electrical signals into sound
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