: any of various devices for testing physical conditions (as at high altitudes, below the earth's surface, or inside the body)
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The sonde’s temperature reading said that elevation would be negative fifteen, maybe negative twenty Celsius.
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Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Cheese master Jean-Charles Michaud tests wheels with his sonde, a cowhorn hammer with a corer for a handle.
—Betsy Andrews, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
A brief whooshing noise was the only indication that a sonde had been released.
—Henry Fountain, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2016
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Wyatt Williams, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026
Cheese master Jean-Charles Michaud tests wheels with his sonde, a cowhorn hammer with a corer for a handle.
—Betsy Andrews, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
A brief whooshing noise was the only indication that a sonde had been released.
—Henry Fountain, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2016
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“Sonde.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sonde. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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