as in TV
an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound
people who turn on the television the minute they walk in the door
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Recent Examples of television
Sacramento has a relatively strong television market, a bright spot for the region’s effort.
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
In the late 1960s and ’70s, the black-and-white Zenith television in the Breen family home just outside of the Bronx in Yonkers always had a game on.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 29 May 2026
And a flat-screen television is mounted behind the check-out counter.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
The 24 actors who received their first Tony Award nomination this year run the gamut from veteran theater, film, and television stars making their Broadway debut to preternaturally talented performers just a few years out of drama school.
—Vogue, 29 May 2026
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Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
In the late 1960s and ’70s, the black-and-white Zenith television in the Breen family home just outside of the Bronx in Yonkers always had a game on.
—Andrew Marchand, New York Times, 29 May 2026
And a flat-screen television is mounted behind the check-out counter.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
The 24 actors who received their first Tony Award nomination this year run the gamut from veteran theater, film, and television stars making their Broadway debut to preternaturally talented performers just a few years out of drama school.
—Vogue, 29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for television
TV
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More than three months after KTLA cut Glen Walker as the station’s midday anchor, the longtime Los Angeles newscaster returns to the airwaves on Wednesday, June 10, as a roving anchor on KTTV and KCOP, Fox TV’s two Los Angeles stations.—
Peter Larsen,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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Many respondents among the nearly 600 educators surveyed said students were also participating more in classroom discussions and spending more time interacting face-to-face with peers, New York ABC station WABC-TV reported.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 June 2026
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“Television.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/television. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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