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
There is a children’s lounge with a pair of televisions, so the kids don’t have to choose between watching a movie and playing video games, but also an adult lounge, which has wine storage and a giant tank for Richard’s collection of fish.
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Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2025
Some saw the alerts on televisions in the West Wing, others on social media, according to White House staffers who discussed the events on the condition of anonymity.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
But consider our electric lights, our automobiles, our refrigerators and washing machines, our televisions, our computers and smartphones.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Artist renderings show televisions throughout the T1 space.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Jumbotrons at Tiananmen Square beamed the image to the 50,000 people gathered under the beating Beijing sun to witness the spectacle, many waving small Chinese flags, while state media transmitted it to televisions across China and the world.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Unplug electrical equipment such as radios, televisions and small appliances.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Just about every bar in the Kansas City metro will have the game on their televisions, either broadcasting it on YouTube or local channel KSHB (Channel 41).
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 Sep. 2025
Some saw the alerts on televisions in the West Wing, others on social media, according to White House staffers who discussed the events on the condition of anonymity.
—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
Electronics Finds like televisions, vintage type writers, dial phones, and vintage radios may have been saved by the homeowners for the sake of nostalgia, but might not actually work anymore.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
But consider our electric lights, our automobiles, our refrigerators and washing machines, our televisions, our computers and smartphones.
—Alan Lightman
september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
Artist renderings show televisions throughout the T1 space.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
Jumbotrons at Tiananmen Square beamed the image to the 50,000 people gathered under the beating Beijing sun to witness the spectacle, many waving small Chinese flags, while state media transmitted it to televisions across China and the world.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
Unplug electrical equipment such as radios, televisions and small appliances.
—Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
Just about every bar in the Kansas City metro will have the game on their televisions, either broadcasting it on YouTube or local channel KSHB (Channel 41).
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Televisions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/televisions. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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