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earphones

NOUN
device for hearing sound
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By 2014, tourists were improvising with items like scrunchies, ribbons and earphones.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Jenna, a 21-year-old student, who has struggled with misophonia since aged 10, says currently her plan is to put her earphones in to get through dinner.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2025

Here was a middle-aged woman, fresh off a run, casually clutching a pair of earphones in her hand while she placed an important work call.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Each participant wore earphones to hear both their taps and their partner's taps, and they had to anticipate their partner's movements.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

A lady-voice comes through the earphones: “You-you don’t look like a dragon.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor




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