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acoustics

[uh-koo-stiks] / əˈku stɪks /
NOUN
sound quality
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STRONG


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Elsewhere, they acknowledge that competition is making acoustics revenue growth unpredictable, but still cite 11% March-quarter growth as a positive.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 23, 2026

“The acoustics in that bathroom were always great,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 23, 2026

But Grenell said that option posed myriad complications such as whether awkward safety measures—such as wearing hard hats—would be needed for audience members, and how acoustics might be affected.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 11, 2026

There’s also an indoor pool, which Joel had covered up so he could use the space as a music room, because of its excellent acoustics.

From MarketWatch Dec. 9, 2025

It is, however, worth mentioning Parisian composer Etienne Loulie’s startlingly forward- looking collaborative studies with the ‘father’ of the science of acoustics, Joseph Sauveur, in the 1690s.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall



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