loudspeaker
noun
loud·speak·er
ˈlau̇d-ˌspē-kər 
: a device that changes electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
Examples of loudspeaker in a Sentence
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The hourslong standoff went into Thursday morning as officers warned over loudspeakers that there would be arrests if the crowd — at the time more than 1,000 strong inside the encampment as well as outside of it — did not disperse.
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Julie Watson, Fortune, 3 May 2024
The action came after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loudspeakers if people did not disperse.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
But a loudspeaker provided by the police broke down and Kozupitsa instead invited a group of protesters inside the building for talks with Pasler, the regional governor, local media said.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
For the past two weeks, candidates have greeted voters at subway stations, woven through their districts on trucks mounted with loudspeakers, and even knelt and bowed before voters, as is customary here.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
In 2023, New York City and Minneapolis permitted the call to prayer to be broadcast over loudspeakers.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Police and other emergency officials would also walk the streets with loudspeakers to announce any alarms, officials said.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
The morning worship is piped in through loudspeakers.
—Sandhya Dirks, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
To be summoned over the loudspeaker to help him in the bathroom.
—Deborah Sontag, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
Julie Watson, Fortune, 3 May 2024
The action came after officers spent hours threatening arrests over loudspeakers if people did not disperse.
—TIME, 2 May 2024
But a loudspeaker provided by the police broke down and Kozupitsa instead invited a group of protesters inside the building for talks with Pasler, the regional governor, local media said.
—Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024
For the past two weeks, candidates have greeted voters at subway stations, woven through their districts on trucks mounted with loudspeakers, and even knelt and bowed before voters, as is customary here.
—Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
In 2023, New York City and Minneapolis permitted the call to prayer to be broadcast over loudspeakers.
—Jason Derose, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Police and other emergency officials would also walk the streets with loudspeakers to announce any alarms, officials said.
—Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
The morning worship is piped in through loudspeakers.
—Sandhya Dirks, NPR, 30 Mar. 2024
To be summoned over the loudspeaker to help him in the bathroom.
—Deborah Sontag, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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loudspeaker
noun
loud·speak·er
-ˈspē-kər
: a device that changes electrical signals into sound
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