How to Use CD in a Sentence
CD
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There is no tax penalty for early withdrawal from a CD.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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Everyone living in the digital world will have to wait until April 26 for the CD release.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
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The new controller maintains the same basic design of the Neo Geo CD’s gamepad, with an analog stick on the left, start and select buttons in the middle, and four face buttons on the right.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 5 July 2023
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In the ’90s, borrowing your soccer captain’s Rites of Passage CD was itself a rite of passage.
—Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2023
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Hip-hop mixtape websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming.
—Miles Marshall Lewis, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
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Unlike standard bank accounts, CDs require you to commit your money for the duration of the CD’s term.
—Martha C. White, wsj.com, 25 Sep. 2023
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Though demos of Waits’s Alice score were bootlegged for a decade after a CD was stolen from his car, the songs didn’t see proper release as an album until 2002.
—Al Shipley, Spin, 3 Oct. 2023
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Sophia Smith has never used a CD player and is a little hazy about whether websites existed before Google.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
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The single will be available on a limited edition red 7-inch, as well as a limited edition red CD single, from Feb. 16.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
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Collaborative playlists are the modern day, digital version of the mixtape and burned CD that generations past used to share great tunes with the people in their lives.
—USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
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The album’s sales were bolstered by its availability across eight vinyl variants, as well as a CD, cassette and digital download.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2024
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Physical versions of the album on CD and vinyl are expected to be released at a later date, and Ye’s store is accepting pre-orders for both presently.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2024
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The album comes in several configurations, including hot pink, blue and transparent pink cassettes, as well as CD and hot pink vinyl.
—Melinda Newman, Billboard, 20 July 2023
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And to help listeners, the CD’s booklet of lyrics comes with footnotes, linking to news articles, infographics and other explainers.
—Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
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Rightly understood, the new release (available on CD, vinyl, and digital formats) is as valuable for tyros as for aficionados.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
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Not only can money held in a CD only be accessed before maturity by paying a penalty in most cases, but the advisor says CDs are not very tax-efficient.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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This technology enables wireless playback in CD quality with no lossy compression.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
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Platform teams can help simplify developers' lives by managing and standardizing CI/CD systems, observability tools and configuration management, creating a cohesive and consistent platform.
—Tom Wilkie, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
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There is no tax penalty for early withdrawal from a CD.
—Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
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Everyone living in the digital world will have to wait until April 26 for the CD release.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2024
-
The new controller maintains the same basic design of the Neo Geo CD’s gamepad, with an analog stick on the left, start and select buttons in the middle, and four face buttons on the right.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 5 July 2023
-
In the ’90s, borrowing your soccer captain’s Rites of Passage CD was itself a rite of passage.
—Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 July 2023
-
Hip-hop mixtape websites offering up free — and not always legal — music flourished in the gap between the fall of the CD era and the rise of streaming.
—Miles Marshall Lewis, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2023
-
Unlike standard bank accounts, CDs require you to commit your money for the duration of the CD’s term.
—Martha C. White, wsj.com, 25 Sep. 2023
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Though demos of Waits’s Alice score were bootlegged for a decade after a CD was stolen from his car, the songs didn’t see proper release as an album until 2002.
—Al Shipley, Spin, 3 Oct. 2023
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Sophia Smith has never used a CD player and is a little hazy about whether websites existed before Google.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2023
-
The single will be available on a limited edition red 7-inch, as well as a limited edition red CD single, from Feb. 16.
—Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
-
Collaborative playlists are the modern day, digital version of the mixtape and burned CD that generations past used to share great tunes with the people in their lives.
—USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2024
-
The album’s sales were bolstered by its availability across eight vinyl variants, as well as a CD, cassette and digital download.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 21 Apr. 2024
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Physical versions of the album on CD and vinyl are expected to be released at a later date, and Ye’s store is accepting pre-orders for both presently.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2024
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