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antenna

[an-ten-uh] / ænˈtɛn ə /
NOUN
appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
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Laser reception requires fewer relays and can be located at the data center, rather than relayed from a special antenna.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

The simplest solution, naturally, would be to unplug altogether, ditching your smart TV for an old-fashioned antenna system and turning back to physical media players instead of streamers.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

Instead of an antenna, there was a claw.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

The US-based Institute for Science and International Security found in 2023 that those drones used "state-of-art antenna interference suppression" to remove enemy jamming signals while preserving the desired GPS signal.

From Barron's • Mar. 16, 2026

I can only hope that someday this hairy antenna will prove useful and I'll be the receiver of messages from Mars.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi




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