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phonograph

[foh-nuh-graf, -grahf] / ˈfoʊ nəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf /
NOUN
turntable
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In his downtime he would travel by horse and buggy across Pennsylvania and neighboring states with what he called his "exhibition": a new-fangled Edison phonograph, a magic lantern slide projector and later on, movies.

From Barron's Apr. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, first the phonograph and then the radio revolutionized home entertainment.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 15, 2026

These funds were used to purchase local books, periodicals, phonograph records, and "other media" in multiple Indian languages, enriching collections at over two dozen universities.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2024

Ms. Stoneman made her mark in 1957 with her driving instrumental version of “Lonesome Road Blues,” which made her the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.

From New York Times Feb. 26, 2024

Against the wall on one side of the room stands the phonograph, and against the other our piano.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

That same year, Jones sought a preliminary injunction from a New York federal court to prevent 20th Century Fox and another record company from selling phonographs of the “I Have a Dream” speech.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

Pressing his teeth into the wood of phonographs and pianos helped Edison experience the vibrations in his skull.

From Seattle Times Nov. 1, 2022

With landlines largely gone the way of phonographs, this one is a delightfully analog fright.

From New York Times Mar. 2, 2020

Philadelphia banned phonographs from a city park, the New York Medical Journal reported in 1890, because they might “disseminate disease” in the form of injuries to the ear.

From Washington Post Nov. 30, 2018

Anna smiled at all the lights, listening to the music from the drinking houses, the pianos, the phonographs, watching people, arm in arm, striding by in the crowded streets.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury




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