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microphone

[mahy-kruh-fohn] / ˈmaɪ krəˌfoʊn /
NOUN
instrument that transforms sound waves into electric currents
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mic mike
STRONG
WEAK


Example Sentences

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The glasses—with chunky frames embedded with cameras and microphones—are the way Zuckerberg imagines AI will be democratized for personal users.

From The Wall Street Journal

And then, the millisecond after he hands me a rolled-up certificate tied with a curled blue ribbon, he leans back toward the microphone.

From Literature

"Everyone has had too many opportunities to be in front of a microphone talking about whatever's on their mind, and we're running out of things to say."

From BBC

Seattle linebacker Ernest Jones IV stepped up to the microphone and with unvarnished vigor defended his quarterback.

From Los Angeles Times

Shortly after telling a festival crowd in New York she said she'd had a "tricky couple of days", she dropped her microphone, collapsed backwards and had to be helped off stage.

From BBC