as in noise
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the crowd decibels increased dramatically as the horses neared the finish line
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Recent Examples of decibels
For Miami, a loss here would accelerate and raise decibels on talk of tanking and/or firing everybody.
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Greg Cote
october 9, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
The noise from a vacuum cleaner is about 75 decibels.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Loop’s Experience line is specially made for concerts by dampening the decibels without sacrificing the performer’s sound quality.
—Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
Users could improve their hearing up to 30 decibels, equivalent to a soft conversation heard a few feet away in a quiet room.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Will those decibels be matched in the next three home games before USC visits?
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In experiments, the device achieved an on-off switching ratio above 19 decibels.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
These door stops come in a pack of two and hit 120 ear-piercing decibels when triggered.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2025
Some professional-level in-ear monitors allow for the sound engineer to mix in feeds from the audience, which can lower the decibels while still maintaining the energy between the crowd and the performers.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Greg Cote
october 9, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
The noise from a vacuum cleaner is about 75 decibels.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
Loop’s Experience line is specially made for concerts by dampening the decibels without sacrificing the performer’s sound quality.
—Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
Users could improve their hearing up to 30 decibels, equivalent to a soft conversation heard a few feet away in a quiet room.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2025
Will those decibels be matched in the next three home games before USC visits?
—Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
In experiments, the device achieved an on-off switching ratio above 19 decibels.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
These door stops come in a pack of two and hit 120 ear-piercing decibels when triggered.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2025
Some professional-level in-ear monitors allow for the sound engineer to mix in feeds from the audience, which can lower the decibels while still maintaining the energy between the crowd and the performers.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decibels
Noun
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First, despite tabloid headlines about Leto, such noise doesn’t factor into moviegoers’ decisions to buy or not buy a ticket; it could be argued most were not even in the know of the June Air Mail exposé on his alleged behavior.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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The outlet reported that noise from the construction was also audible on the White House's campus.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
PEOPLE,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Anchored by Syracuse University, the city hums with youthful spirit, from buzzy Marshall Street to the roar of the JMA Wireless Dome, where Orange basketball games regularly draw some of the largest crowds in college hoops.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Oct. 2025
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The only noise was the roar of the crowd when Cole Sullivan and Jimmy Rolder intercepted passes on back-to-back drives, or when Bryce Underwood rolled out and found a wide-open Zack Marshall in the end zone.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
19 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Decibels.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decibels. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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