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
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What Bernell's will offer Adair said Bernell's will have four large televisions and a large screen over the stage, which people can watch from anywhere in the bar.—
Cathy Kozlowicz,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025 -
Ever since the days before flatscreens, televisions have shipped with underpowered speakers that muddy every sound from dialogue to sound effects.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Idiot boxes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/idiot%20boxes. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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