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as in roar
loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound
the incessant noise of traffic on Fifth Avenue made normal conversation impossible
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as in rumor
information or opinion that is widely disseminated without any authority or confirmation of accuracy
there's been a lot of noise that the stock is ready to skyrocket, but I'll believe it when I see it
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Recent Examples of noise
By running experiments with varying model sizes and noise-batch ratios, the team established a basic understanding of differential privacy scaling laws, which is a balance between the compute budget, privacy budget, and data budget.
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Further, the eartips include a thin layer of foam under the silicone to give them some structure and assist with passive noise isolation.
—PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, due to crowd noise, the footage was unusable and had to be reshot in a studio in Los Angeles.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
One of the two speakers interrupted by the flights, Anouska De Georgiou, stopped mid-sentence as the jet noise drowned out her voice.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Further, the eartips include a thin layer of foam under the silicone to give them some structure and assist with passive noise isolation.
—PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, due to crowd noise, the footage was unusable and had to be reshot in a studio in Los Angeles.
—Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
One of the two speakers interrupted by the flights, Anouska De Georgiou, stopped mid-sentence as the jet noise drowned out her voice.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noise
Noun
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Not with a whimper but with a siren wail that long ago converted to white noise in our collective hearing; a global tinnitus like the hum of a fridge; the quiet roar of the Greenland ice sheet slipping into the Musk Ocean.—
Reuven Perlman,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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There are more and more people on the other side of the glass, the sound like a sea’s roar outside.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The wind’s howl filled my left ear and the music blasted from my speakers filled my right.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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In addition to the winners, the brewery will offer consolation prizes to participants with the best costume, the slowest race time and the best howl.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While vocal over the years about his aversion to sell, take on a business partner or publicly list the company, rumors about Armani contemplating forming a foundation first emerged in 2012.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kirk's murder has become another flashpoint in which foreign actors can amplify rumors, deepen polarization, and challenge Americans' confidence in their institutions.—
Amir Daftari,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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What to Know While there were no visible camera flashes during daylight hours, Harry's arrival at court sparked the audible rattle of many cameras taking pictures at the same time.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Baby rattlesnakes don’t have rattles, and adult snakes’ rattles occasionally break off, according to the National Park Service.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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My senses sharpened, my breath slowed, and the chatter in my head went quiet.—
Daniel Scheffler,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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After plenty of chatter, Thug is attempting to finally control his narrative and the reclamation of the Atlanta rapper is on.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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The commotion has come as a surprise to Cooke, who didn’t foresee her role as such a divisive one.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Sep. 2025
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The child’s father had arrived home shortly before the incident occurred and heard a commotion in the bedroom, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by KSAT.—
TJ Macias,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Noise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noise. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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