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stereo

[ster-ee-oh, steer-] / ˈstɛr iˌoʊ, ˈstɪər- /


NOUN
sound equipment
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His dad would play Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and John Conlee on the car stereo.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

One of the latest entrants is Slate Auto, a startup that plans to offer a compact electric truck that eschew tech extras as much as possible—even lacking a stereo and power windows—for about $25,000.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

"We only had stereo speakers, but the house shook because our friends were dancing so hard," says Pierson.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2026

"It gives us what you might call a stereo perspective -- two different vantage points simultaneously."

From Science Daily Mar. 14, 2026

Once Southside moved to our neighborhood, I’d pass whole afternoons at his house, pulling albums from the shelf at random and putting them on his stereo, each one its own immersing adventure.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

When the group disbanded in the early 1980s, Johnson was forced to take jobs working construction and selling stereos, according to the documentary.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Among the items he packed were two or three wireless phones, multiple car stereos, and a bunch of Craftsman tools.

From Slate Apr. 19, 2026

Amid the din of traffic, hissing buses and loud stereos, the playground sat empty, and men lay on the grassy strips, napping under the sun.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 19, 2024

They have been blasted from car stereos on the streets of New York City, played by DJs at nightclubs across the US, dubbed into Chinese on TikTok and inspired merengue songs among Spanish-speaking audiences.

From BBC May 11, 2024

The Beatles or Bob Dylan or The Mamas and the Papas blasted from stereos.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez




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