How to Use stereo in a Sentence
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And then the music on the phone in my pocket plays on my car stereo.
— Damon Young, Washington Post, 6 June 2022 -
The walls were covered with Ainu art, and Ainu music was on the stereo.
— Helen Schulman, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024 -
Gone are the days of stereo (as in left-right dynamics).
— Alexandra Cheney, Robb Report, 20 Oct. 2022 -
Weezer or the Doors blasting from my stereo, the ocean breeze in my hair.
— G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023 -
So, if an album was in the top 10 on both the mono and stereo chart in the same week, that counts as one week in the top 10.
— Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2022 -
My mix was crude, to say the least, but even the Beatles got stereo wrong at first.
— Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2022 -
The Dreamer, who has a favorite playlist, fired up his stereo.
— Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2022 -
Barnes Signs did the work in their garage, housed in a humble warehouse space where rap-rock by the band 311 blares on the stereo.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 23 Jan. 2023 -
The New Yorker’s Alex Ross likened it to a world-class stereo system in a dead living room.
— Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023 -
But even then the H3s will only be able to deliver Xbox sound in stereo.
— John Archer, Forbes, 28 June 2022 -
There is nothing like vinyl on big home stereo speakers that can fill a room with sound.
— Liza Lentini, SPIN, 15 Mar. 2024 -
My cell phone’s alarm is beaten to the task of breaking my sleep by the sound of Mama’s ancient stereo.
— Ishena Robinson, refinery29.com, 8 May 2022 -
Owners rave about the precise midrange, the stereo imaging, and the general hi-fi sound.
— Jack Baruth, Popular Mechanics, 6 Sep. 2023 -
Ali and his comrades burst through the curtain as Turkmen music blared on the stereo.
— Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024 -
On the way, Dr. Kuti plugged his phone into the car’s stereo system and played a playlist of mainly ’90s soft rock songs.
— Eric V. Copage, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022 -
The old stereo mixes can be heard as slapdash or as downright avant-garde.
— Jon Pareles, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2022 -
At home, the stereo was tuned to Top 40 (thanks to her mother), and classic crooners (for her father).
— Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023 -
His brother picks up a remote control from the table and turns on the stereo at top volume.
— Etgar Keret, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022 -
The high-end stereo nerds at Cambridge Audio have been brought in to make sure Power of Love sounds superb.
— Jeremy White, WIRED, 2 Jan. 2023 -
Those who knew her as a regular at social dances knew that Nhan would sit next to the stereo system.
— Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2023 -
The music on these editions has been mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos.
— Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 26 Oct. 2023 -
His home was very quiet, with no instruments or even a stereo.
— Grayson Haver Currin, New York Times, 27 June 2023 -
The engine of his motorcycle, a clock, a radio, a stereo.
— Bono, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022 -
People might have subwoofers as part of their stereo system.
— Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2022 -
If that's too leisurely, maybe lash the McIntosh stereo's 1375-watt amp to the eight-speed automatic.
— John Phillips, Car and Driver, 11 Oct. 2022 -
This dishwasher would start to go, or the coffee maker would start to go, or the stereo would just turn on at full volume.
— Lydia Price, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023 -
To top it off, the boat has an in-hull stereo system and a 15-inch navigational screen with free over-the-air updates.
— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2023 -
The stands can be used with spikes or rubber tips to create a perfect mounting that enhances the stereo soundstage.
— Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 14 Aug. 2022 -
To find out what time a particular bar will start blasting Priest at deafening volumes, just phone them up and pray the bartender can hear you over the stereo.
— Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024 -
Granted, niceties like massaging front seats and a booming 19-speaker McIntosh surround-sound stereo are beyond what the Passport offers.
— Nick Kurczewski, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2024
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Now, the stereo, windshield wipers and chrome tires were gone.
— oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 -
Its stereo speakers are loud, and just lack a little of the bass impact of the very best.
— Andrew Williams, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023 -
So that would be a stereo thing, because the mono has no panning.
— Steve Marinucci, Billboard, 18 May 2017 -
The neighbors across the street have been blasting their stereo nonstop.
— Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018 -
Stereo speakers, window shades and lights in the house and barn can be controlled by an iPad.
— Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 23 June 2017 -
Speakers can be grouped to play in sync, or paired in the same room for more immersive, stereo sound.
— Mark Vena, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021 -
King’s voice boomed from stereo speakers set on porches and sidewalks along the route.
— Ashley McBride, ExpressNews.com, 20 Jan. 2020 -
Both phones now have stereo speakers, a boost from last year’s model.
— Lisa Eadicicco, Time, 8 Mar. 2018 -
Play some tunes: Mazda’s stereo sound remains excellent, about an A-, and among the best down here in the low end of the range.
— Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, 17 Apr. 2018 -
In fact, the HomePod can be linked to other HomePods to use them as stereo speakers.
— Don Reisinger, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2018 -
The big news is that the Era 100, unlike its predecessors, is stereo.
— David Phelan, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023 -
The sound New York makes before everyone is up, its stereo tremor.
— Melinda Stevens, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2019 -
My brief was to create an all-in-one stereo speaker that sounded stereo.
— Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023 -
There are still open questions around potential changes to the audio drivers: the Era 100 just made the switch to stereo.
— Chris Welch, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2023 -
With some distance between the two speakers to get the true stereo effect, the difference is night and day.
— Brad Moon, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022 -
M&D is aso quick to point out that this is the first wireless speaker to offer stereo sync via Chromecast.
— Rene Chun, WIRED, 12 July 2017 -
Plug in with the 1/8-inch stereo mini-jack, or ditch the cord and listen wirelessly with bluetooth mode.
— oregonlive, 2 May 2020 -
Stripped of stereo vision, the cuttlefish took longer to position themselves in front of the screen.
— Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2020 -
The items taken were stereo equipment and some antique china.
— cleveland, 4 Mar. 2020 -
In the past, Australian police have also seized drugs hidden in snow globes and in stereo speakers.
— Julia Hollingsworth, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019 -
After a turn as an accountant, the audiophile started to sell stereo gear and opened a store.
— Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, 16 Oct. 2019 -
Hood stripped the finish and used some stain leftover from a build-your-own stereo speakers kit to give the bass a matte walnut finish.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 12 Nov. 2019 -
Each will have new stereo speakers, which will be 25-percent louder than those in the iPhone 7, giving it deeper bass and a wider scope of sound.
— Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 12 Sep. 2017 -
The frame also includes a clock, calendar, and stereo speakers.
— Billy Cadden, Popular Science, 17 Jan. 2019 -
Other owners chimed in and said that their speakers can power on, but won’t connect in stereo pair or even play on their own.
— Yoni Heisler, BGR, 8 July 2021 -
The device supports Spatial Audio tracks, and users can create a stereo pair with two HomePod speakers in the same space.
— Todd Spangler, Variety, 18 Jan. 2023 -
That’s how life goes sometimes, though, and Pink’s appeal comes from her ability to turn the everyday into the stereo-ready.
— Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2023 -
This interest ran the gamut from cars to stereo equipment, computers and even barbeque.
— courant.com, 1 July 2018 -
To make them, Bleach producer Jack Endino reconstructed the live tracks from stereo soundboard tapes.
— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 5 Sep. 2023 -
The original window sticker shows a long options list that includes air conditioning, an AM-FM stereo, six-way power seats, and the aforementioned electric sunroof.
— Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 10 Sep. 2023
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