megaphoned; megaphoning; megaphones
: to transmit or address through or as if through a megaphone
: to speak through or as if through a megaphone
Examples of megaphone in a Sentence
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Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
If anything, that is a megaphone amplifying the rim-chipping issues that loom over this team like a coastal storm cloud.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
The officer, Caroline Edwards, said that after the Arizona group of Proud Boys joined the confrontation at the police line, the attacks through the megaphone became personal and pointed against the officers.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
His stake in the company — the parent of Truth Social, the online platform that is Mr. Trump’s main megaphone for reaching supporters and attacking critics — is worth about $4.6 billion on paper.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Truth Social is Trump’s central online megaphone, and many of its posters are Trump supporters who share conservative memes, echo his talking points and attack his political opponents.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Latto grabs the megaphone during a press conference for Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash at Radio One Atlanta on March 19.
98 of 99
Having a Chat
Lena Waithe is joined by Elaine Welteroth and Elaine U. Cho at the launch of Hillman Grad Books at Neuehouse in L.A. on March 18.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
Ahead of the walkout on Monday, one counter-protester made anti-LGBTQ statements using a megaphone.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
Related article Truth Social made Trump richer and gave him a new megaphone.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Among the weirdest reactions to the Supreme Court’s June 29 decisions on affirmative action, those megaphoned by California’s political class may be the most unhinged.
—Will Swaim, National Review, 13 July 2023
For countries like India and Turkey, where a once vibrant free press has been tamed into submission and the mainstream media is forced to megaphone the government, the institutional capacity of the U.S. media to critique executive lawlessness and hold it to account remains an object of wonder.
—Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time, 11 Jan. 2021
Noun
The former Enquirer publisher also testified that his agreement with Trump included the publication acting as a megaphone for Cohen's opposition research on Trump's presidential opponents.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 23 Apr. 2024
If anything, that is a megaphone amplifying the rim-chipping issues that loom over this team like a coastal storm cloud.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024
The officer, Caroline Edwards, said that after the Arizona group of Proud Boys joined the confrontation at the police line, the attacks through the megaphone became personal and pointed against the officers.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
His stake in the company — the parent of Truth Social, the online platform that is Mr. Trump’s main megaphone for reaching supporters and attacking critics — is worth about $4.6 billion on paper.
—Joe Rennison, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
Truth Social is Trump’s central online megaphone, and many of its posters are Trump supporters who share conservative memes, echo his talking points and attack his political opponents.
—Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Latto grabs the megaphone during a press conference for Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash at Radio One Atlanta on March 19.
98 of 99
Having a Chat
Lena Waithe is joined by Elaine Welteroth and Elaine U. Cho at the launch of Hillman Grad Books at Neuehouse in L.A. on March 18.
—Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
Ahead of the walkout on Monday, one counter-protester made anti-LGBTQ statements using a megaphone.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
Related article Truth Social made Trump richer and gave him a new megaphone.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 26 Mar. 2024
Verb
Students need more than ganas, and relying so much on this idea is toxic and detrimental to Latinx students who constantly get this individualistic message megaphoned into them.
—Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
Among the weirdest reactions to the Supreme Court’s June 29 decisions on affirmative action, those megaphoned by California’s political class may be the most unhinged.
—Will Swaim, National Review, 13 July 2023
For countries like India and Turkey, where a once vibrant free press has been tamed into submission and the mainstream media is forced to megaphone the government, the institutional capacity of the U.S. media to critique executive lawlessness and hold it to account remains an object of wonder.
—Debasish Roy Chowdhury, Time, 11 Jan. 2021
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“Megaphone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/megaphone. Accessed 2 May. 2024.
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