television set
noun
: a piece of equipment with a screen that receives images and sounds sent by television
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Advertisement When that day arrived, nearly one in every three people on the planet was in front of a television set.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
After the credits roll, an old-timey CRT television set plays scenes from the fictitious Fantastic Four cartoon seen in the film.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 July 2025
How much learning, friendship, and fun would have been lost if you had been allowed to bring a small television set to school and watch it all day long, even at lunch and recess?
—Jonathan Haidt, Denver Post, 17 July 2025
The first consumer television set, an RCA Victor TRK 12 the size of a washing machine, displayed at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, shows the role of Expos in debuting new technology.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
After the credits roll, an old-timey CRT television set plays scenes from the fictitious Fantastic Four cartoon seen in the film.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 July 2025
How much learning, friendship, and fun would have been lost if you had been allowed to bring a small television set to school and watch it all day long, even at lunch and recess?
—Jonathan Haidt, Denver Post, 17 July 2025
The first consumer television set, an RCA Victor TRK 12 the size of a washing machine, displayed at the 1939 New York World’s Fair, shows the role of Expos in debuting new technology.
—Douglas Markowitz, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025
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“Television set.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/television%20set. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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