compact disc

noun

com·pact disc ˈkäm-ˌpakt-

: cd entry 2

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For the first 100 years, from that Paris Opera telephone experiment to the release of the compact disc in the early 1980s, recording was an uneven but inexorable march toward higher quality—as both a selling point and an artistic aim. —

Michael Owen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025 The songs were released on compact disc and cassette tape in 1994, several months after singer-songwriter Kurt Cobain died by suicide. —

Mark Jones, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024 Also today, Swift dropped her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology on compact disc and vinyl. —

Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024 In addition to Blu-ray, Sony’s announcement also affects the MiniDisc — the compact disc format Sony made in 1992 as an alternative to more fragile cassettes and unwieldy CDs. —

Emma Roth, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for compact disc