TV

noun

ˈtē-ˈvē How to pronounce TV (audio)
Definition of TVnext
as in television
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound turn off the TV and go outside for a change

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Recent Examples of TV Over the course of a year and a half living in Japan and months of discussion and negotiations and relationship-building with TV Tokyo, Therain says all communication with the network stopped suddenly and Sekai didn’t know why. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 20 Aug. 2026 Altitude will carry 67 Nuggets regular-season basketball games this season on both Altitude TV and Altitude+. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026 Rhea Seehorn snagged the Individual Achievement in Drama award for Apple TV’s Pluribus. — Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026 Attorney Michael DeRiso of the DeRiso Law Group defended his client in an interview with KDKA-TV on Wednesday. — Jennifer Borrasso, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for TV
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  • Always unassuming, sitting in the back of the room — but often the smartest person in the room — Saftler became known as the guy who can predict the future of television, constantly analyzing industry trends to figure out what would come next.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The show’s colossal success helped create the model still in play 33 years later for outsourcing movie and television production to regions where tax incentives are higher and production costs are lower.
    — Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026
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“TV.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/TV. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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