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Recent Examples of soundproof
Adjective
Austin Woolsey, the studio manager, showed us recording consoles, shiny pianos, soundproof rooms with carpets on the walls and ceilings, and microphones. Cortney Fries, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2025 In addition to a primary suite flaunting a covered balcony, there’s also a library/office and a soundproof music studio that doubles as a screening room. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
A little office with large windows is going to be soundproofed and turned into a recording/podcast studio, and a rare books room will be open by appointment. James Bartlett, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 The sound room is upstage and completely soundproofed. Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for soundproof
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soundproof
Adjective
  • Importantly, since there is a zippered side pocket here, only the main compartment of the High Coast is waterproof.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 1 May 2025
  • Built to handle trails and sidewalks, the Danners are waterproof, comfortable, and surprisingly stylish.
    Malia Griggs, Glamour, 1 May 2025
Verb
  • The reason, of course, was that the schools collected their money upfront, insulating themselves from any long-term risk.
    Matthew Scogin, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Trump officials weaken rules insulating government workers from politics.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Subjected to an almost watertight international arms embargo, Iran was forced to rely mostly on self-sufficiency, religious zeal, and patriotism.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Des Cars wrote that parts of the museum are no longer watertight, posing a risk to the art’s safety.
    Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 28 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Natural corks, while not entirely airtight, typically allow only a minimal amount of oxygen to enter over time.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The neighbor’s sign, while biting, underscored an emerging reality in Arizona’s sizable Latter-day Saints community — that while church members are overwhelmingly Republican, there is some erosion in their traditionally airtight support for Republicans.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • This isn’t a hermetic kind of meditation, one in which outer havoc is kept at bay.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Once a place where friends and family entered through perpetually open doors, the space becomes hermetic and airless when curtains are drawn to hide the men who have come to disrupt this idyllic refuge.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Soundproof.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soundproof. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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