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headphone

[hed-fohn] / ˈhɛdˌfoʊn /
NOUN
headphones
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It turned out to be a teaser for an unreleased headphone model nobody knew existed.

From BBC Jun. 25, 2026

To solve the problem, they created a square-shaped device that could plug into a smartphone’s headphone jack and read credit cards.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 3, 2026

Dre selling his headphone company Beats Electronics to Apple to become hip-hop’s first billionaire.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 13, 2024

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

She lifts the headphone and says, “Hop off, Mason. It’s my turn to use the Dragon. I’m on the schedule.”

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

Stephen carried a neatly packed bag lined with recorders, headphones and batteries.

From Salon Jul. 28, 2026

For example, it says the facility doesn’t provide headphones for tablets, making private phone calls — including privileged calls with attorneys — impossible unless the detainee can afford to purchase headphones from the commissary.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: The best tech deals during Amazon Prime Day include headphones, laptops, e-readers and more.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

To investigate how different brain regions contribute to speech learning, the researchers first altered participants' speech in real time and played the modified speech back through headphones.

From Science Daily Jun. 23, 2026

Nico slips off one side of his headphones and tilts his head toward me.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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