loudspeaker
noun
loud·speak·er
ˈlau̇d-ˌspē-kər 
: a device that changes electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
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The event was also promoted via loudspeakers on a vehicle driven through neighborhoods.
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ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Those loudspeakers were not used to issue a weather warning, Eastland said.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
While the drills are routine and generally held a few times a month, base officials are getting the word out to the public and nearby neighborhoods because the sound of machine-gun fire and the base’s Giant Voice mass notification loudspeaker system can typically be heard more than a mile away.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
There’s a debate over the ship’s loudspeakers about capitalism and communism the whole time those rich guests are flooding the dining room and hallways with puke.
—Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
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ABC News, 14 Apr. 2026
Those loudspeakers were not used to issue a weather warning, Eastland said.
—CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
While the drills are routine and generally held a few times a month, base officials are getting the word out to the public and nearby neighborhoods because the sound of machine-gun fire and the base’s Giant Voice mass notification loudspeaker system can typically be heard more than a mile away.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
There’s a debate over the ship’s loudspeakers about capitalism and communism the whole time those rich guests are flooding the dining room and hallways with puke.
—Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for loudspeaker
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“Loudspeaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loudspeaker. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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loudspeaker
noun
loud·speak·er
-ˈspē-kər
: a device that changes electrical signals into sound
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