noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
public
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Is this really how we should allow these broadcasting companies to profit from the public airwaves ?
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A cellular phone is really a mobile radio system that sends a signal out over public airwaves .
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The potential bounty lies in a slice of the public airwaves designated to be the home of advanced, digital television.
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After all, our public airwaves are being leased to them in the public interest.
■ VERB
dominate
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News of, and speculation about, the creature fills the pages of local newspapers and dominates the airwaves .
take
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Central News South took to the airwaves in January nineteen eighty-nine and tomorrow night we look back over our first four years.
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It was not a secure line; no conversation taking place over airwaves is.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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It's easy to see how Baker makes out on the airwaves .
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It is like letting your Aunt Violet go on the airwaves .
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It will be introduced on the airwaves in the next couple of weeks.
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Neither pride nor shame are now factors in what goes out over those airwaves .
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Recently, at least three penguins have been flogging various products on the airwaves .
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They said an auction of the airwaves would have drawn $ 20 billion to $ 70 billion.
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To a large extent, the election has been fought on the airwaves , with both candidates delivering television advertisements attacking each other.
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Twice he appealed directly to Leanna over the airwaves , though he was aware she never listened to the radio.