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Examples of ear canal in a Sentence
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Both pairs fully block your ear canal, and basic foam tips can provide as much noise reduction.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Open earbuds—that is, earbuds that sit outside the ear canal—are on something of a roll right now.
—Verity Burns, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2024
In other words, effective—and an almost stunning achievement for earbuds that don’t seal off the ear canal.
—PCMAG, 10 Sep. 2024
Last summer, Bloomberg also reported that Apple was looking to add sensors to the AirPods to determine body temperature via a wearer’s ear canal.
—Joe Hindy, PCMAG, 28 Sep. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1859, in the meaning defined above
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“Ear canal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ear%20canal. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
ear canal
nounMedical Definition
ear canal
noun
: the tubular passage of the outer ear leading to the tympanic membrane
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