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headphone

[hed-fohn] / ˈhɛdˌfoʊn /
NOUN
headphones
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Even without Starlink, travelers spend flights streaming and scrolling—the rise of headphone resisters doesn’t help.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

"She has her bunk and I have my bunk, she's got her headphone and downloads movies and things."

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2026

Simply click the headphone icon — which also shows how long listening to the story will take — and an automated voice will read the article aloud.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

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

Radios were innocuous, being still in the catwhisker and headphone stage, and featuring such stimulating programs as the Arlington Time Signals.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

In one era, people sought out bookstores; in another, they’re looking for headphones and portable chargers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

He usually has about 90 minutes before performing, which he uses to put on his headphones and mentally prepare.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The production’s novelty: Audience members wear headphones, so we hear Lucas’s voice more intimately, and also the creaks and thumps and eerie noises that enhance the chilling tale.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I am not entirely sure the headphones do a lot to add to the experience, but the sound design by the Ringhams has an impressive precision, as does the shadowy lighting design by Ben Jacobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

And through my headphones, I heard Lorren’s voice: “Ingrid? I can hear you breathing.”

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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