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headphone

[hed-fohn] / ˈhɛdˌfoʊn /
NOUN
headphones
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At their debut, they almost singlehandedly inaugurated a shift towards hyper-intimate headphone pop - it’s hard to imagine Billie Eilish sounding quite the same without them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

Right now, your iPhone 5 is small, slow and still blessed with a headphone jack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The team's artificial intelligence algorithms combined with a headphone prototype allow the wearer to hear people speaking within a bubble with a programmable radius of 3 to 6 feet.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

Koss Corp. a headphone manufacturer, rose more than 14% and BlackBerry, the one time dominant smartphone maker, climbed more than 4%.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 3, 2024

In the headphone study, the editorial had no impact on those whose heads were still.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell




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