as in TVs
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound
she declared that she wouldn't have an idiot box in her home
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televisions
Noun
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Four televisions play hip hop videos, old sitcoms, movies of a bygone era on VHS.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
6 Feb. 2026 -
Radios, televisions or other electronic noise-producing items (with the obvious exception of your phone).—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Idiot boxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiot%20boxes. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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