How to Use transceiver in a Sentence
transceiver
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The missing man did not have an avalanche transceiver, the avalanche center said.
—Dennis Romero, NBC News, 8 Jan. 2023
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Perkins had an avalanche transceiver in her backpack, but it was turned off, Chabot said.
—CBS News, 12 Oct. 2017
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And a working transceiver is a vital piece of the avalanche life-saving kit along with a probe and shovel.
—Amelia Arvesen, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2020
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The man’s partner used a transceiver and a probe pole to locate and remove him from the snow, but he could not be saved.
—Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 27 Dec. 2021
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The friend tried searching for Wright, but there was no avalanche transceiver signal, the center said.
—Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 5 Feb. 2025
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There was a tone that got transmitted to radio transceivers and to radio stations.
—Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
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Meanwhile the hills are thick with lonely gearheads, good with knots and maps and transceivers, not so good with love-notes and emoting.
—Sundog, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2023
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Their work is done in a building whose roof is filled with huge satellite dishes and a golf ball-like polar satellite transceiver.
—Meg Jones, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2017
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Surgeons place the implant under the skin and connect it with a thin cable to a wireless transceiver in the chest.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025
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That transceiver sends data through a secure optical link to a second transceiver worn on the body.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 27 Nov. 2025
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An avalanche transceiver, shovel, and probe — tools for rescuing someone buried under snow — are de rigueur.
—Kelley McMillan Manley, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2016
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Aiming the laser at the spacecraft so the transceiver knows where to point back is the most difficult part, Wright said.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
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The man who had avoided the avalanche used a transceiver to located the general area where his sibling was buried.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
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The victim's partner found him with a transceiver and probe pole and took him out of the snow, the information center said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 Dec. 2021
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Of course, Apple sold its own version of transceiver as did many other companies.
—Chris Wilkinson, Ars Technica, 11 Dec. 2020
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There were still fishing lures and nets inside the boat, as well as a life jacket, a radio transceiver and a single shoe resting on the bow.
—Ivan Watson, Yoko Wakatsuki and Junko Ogura, CNN, 23 Dec. 2017
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Those competitors carry gear such as avalanche transceivers, crampons, ice axes and climbing ropes.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
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Laser transceivers on spacecraft can be smaller than their radio counterparts, which means less mass, less fuel, and less cost to launch them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2023
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Fiber optic cables are what plug directly into transceivers.
—Jeff Marks, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
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The two big ones are a transceiver which, as its portmanteau-ness suggests, can both transmit and receive radio signals.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 24 July 2023
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The man’s riding partner tried to use his avalanche rescue transceiver to find him but wasn’t getting a signal, officials said.
—Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2025
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An avalanche beacon or transceiver is a radio transmitter that can send a signal locating a person buried in the snow.
—Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 21 Feb. 2026
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The product range will consist of both new lights as well as transceivers that can be retrofitted into existing lighting.
—Jon Porter, The Verge, 20 June 2019
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The transceivers then send power back along the same pathways, bouncing off of floors, ceilings, and walls if necessary (no line of sight required).
—David Pogue, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2017
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Host a transceiver recovery party in your neighborhood.
—Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 20 Feb. 2026
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Avalanche beacons, or transceivers, are short-range radio transceivers worn by every member of a ski or backcountry party.
—Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
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In addition to their ski gear, ski tourers carry headlamps, avalanche transceivers and probes, and plenty of food to refuel.
—Susan B. Barnes, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
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The company announced new transceivers and software for optical cables this week.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
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He had been located thanks to a transceiver that pinged his location, and was transported to the hospital with broken bones.
—Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
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The microphone jack is located on the rear, just behind the hot shoe, a good move as this is the most sensible place to mount a mic or wireless transceiver.
—PCMAG, 12 Mar. 2025
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