PA system

noun

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The thieves stole electric scoreboard equipment and the entire PA system, Collins said. Sofia Schwarzwalder, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2025 About five minutes later, Lindholm says the ship started moving again and things appeared to be back to normal, adding the captain explained over the PA system that two people had fallen overboard, but both were safe and back on the ship. Jillian Frankel, People.com, 1 July 2025 Stanley’s vision, engineered by Ron Wickersham, Dan Healy, Rick Turner, and others, was to create a PA system where every component had a sonic purpose. Noah Eckstein, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025 The officer got on the PA system — telling everyone to watch for a 2-year-old in a green Tweety Bird shirt. Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for PA system

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1936, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of PA system was circa 1936

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“PA system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/PA%20system. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.

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