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Recent Examples of decibel According to Ahn, the noise was at times as loud as 95 decibels, which is similar to the noise of a subway train approaching a station . Se Eun Gong, NPR, 18 June 2025 Other work included monitoring the station's decibel levels, checking the station's water quality and clearing the vents of floating debris. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 14 June 2025 On Tuesday, accompanied by two Charlotte Observer reporters, Carney held a decibel meter around the fenced perimeter of the decade-old Apple data center campus on Startown Road in Maiden, Catawba County. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2025 The President, of course, and the administration is free to respond to that, and the decibel level has gone up. Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for decibel
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Noun
  • Some commercial leaf blowers are even louder, generating 115 decibels of noise up close and 100 decibels at 50 feet.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2025
  • Generation Faraday essentially gives control back to educators and students by effectively eliminating phone distractions and restoring focus in classrooms, much like bringing quiet back after long periods of noise.
    Ray Ravaglia, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • The rush of wind and thrum of tire roar was punctuated, not by engine revs and tailpipe cackles, but by birdsong.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
  • But the loudest roar — aside the one for the record strikeout — came when Kershaw bounded out of the dugout to start the sixth.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025

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“Decibel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decibel. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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