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Recent Examples of soundproof
Adjective
Should podcasters be shaking in their soundproof booths, right now? Reece Rogers, WIRED, 2 Oct. 2024 At the time of the murders, the mansion had soundproof walls, per the LA Times. India Roby, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2024
Verb
Hotel Indigo Milano Book Now What We Like The rooms are soundproofed, so guests can enjoy staying in downtown Milan and get a good night's sleep. Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 9 May 2024 Featuring small, soundproofed rooms with color-changing lights and shared bathrooms that are consistently clean, capsule rooms provide a cozy cabin-like experience. Tina Charisma, Essence, 8 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for soundproof 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soundproof
Adjective
  • Outdoor speakers are not waterproof, and when left outside in the winter for too long, can damage the sound system.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
  • An online search found several companies selling Faraday containers describe them as also being waterproof.
    Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Being proactive about these matters enables companies to insulate themselves from potential crises and put in place strategies to win in the years ahead.
    Jon Michail, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Wray had previously been named by Trump and began the 10-year term — a length meant to insulate the agency from the political influence of changing administrations — in 2017, after Trump fired then-FBI Director James B. Comey.
    Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The Woods Hole underwater acoustic system includes off-the-shelf components in a watertight Pelican case.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The presence of a watertight strategic rationale for projects, such as arming NATO allies against the Soviet Union, helped to quell those concerns, at least temporarily.
    Ashlyn Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2016
Adjective
  • Natural corks, while not entirely airtight, typically allow only a minimal amount of oxygen to enter over time.
    Roger Dooley, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The neighbor’s sign, while biting, underscored an emerging reality in Arizona’s sizable Latter-day Saints community — that while church members are overwhelmingly Republican, there is some erosion in their traditionally airtight support for Republicans.
    Faith E. Pinho, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Its latest new venture is a foray into the last frontier of the Cold War — even as tensions between South Korea and its hermetic neighbor to the north have risen in recent years.
    Stella Kim, NBC News, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Regardless of how hermetic writing might seem, one thing that writers are dealing with a lot more in the current entertainment climate is the ability to assimilate a lot of different voices from a lot of different camps.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 26 June 2024

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