as in TVs
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 televisions
Four televisions play hip hop videos, old sitcoms, movies of a bygone era on VHS.
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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
The 6,000-square-foot Pleasant Hill location offers a full restaurant with seated service for around 150 customers, a bar, a game room, and eventually a patio, all with a sports bar theme and plenty of televisions.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 1 Feb. 2026
Everything is intended to nudge viewers to their televisions on Tuesday evening.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, televisions in Bistro Collins will air sports events including the Australian Open.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
The mom of three hears the televisions vibrating through the walls, video games clacking on the XBox, and the constant swirl of doors as her kids rumble through the house.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Items like alarm clocks and stereos in working condition are often fair game, but televisions and microwaves, for example, are not.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, the electronic transistors used in millions of computers and LED televisions take around a thousand times longer to switch.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
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
The 6,000-square-foot Pleasant Hill location offers a full restaurant with seated service for around 150 customers, a bar, a game room, and eventually a patio, all with a sports bar theme and plenty of televisions.
—Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 1 Feb. 2026
Everything is intended to nudge viewers to their televisions on Tuesday evening.
—Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, televisions in Bistro Collins will air sports events including the Australian Open.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
The mom of three hears the televisions vibrating through the walls, video games clacking on the XBox, and the constant swirl of doors as her kids rumble through the house.
—Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
Items like alarm clocks and stereos in working condition are often fair game, but televisions and microwaves, for example, are not.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 22 Jan. 2026
Meanwhile, the electronic transistors used in millions of computers and LED televisions take around a thousand times longer to switch.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Jan. 2026
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“Televisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/televisions. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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