public-address system
noun
variants
or public address system
: an apparatus including a microphone and loudspeakers used for broadcasting (as to an audience in an auditorium)
called also PA, PA system
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The latest episode of Evil includes an extended scene, set on on a plane going through turbulence, which features a) a demonic relic, b) a ghost pilot, c) disturbingly otherworldly transmissions through the aircraft’s public-address system.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 June 2024
These needed to be kept at a distance from exploding pyrotechnics and angled away from the blare of the stadium’s public-address system.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
In train stations, and subway stations, a voice over the public-address system makes an announcement, routinely.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Jan. 2023
The Dutchman even apologized to the crowd on the track’s public-address system.
—Stephen Wade, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2022
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 June 2024
These needed to be kept at a distance from exploding pyrotechnics and angled away from the blare of the stadium’s public-address system.
—Jody Rosen, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2023
In train stations, and subway stations, a voice over the public-address system makes an announcement, routinely.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 Jan. 2023
The Dutchman even apologized to the crowd on the track’s public-address system.
—Stephen Wade, Orlando Sentinel, 10 Oct. 2022
See All Example Sentences for public-address system
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“Public-address system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public-address%20system. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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