audience
noun
Examples of audience in a Sentence
Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 16 Apr. 2024
The prize, named in honor of the late Belgian director Chantal Akerman (Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce – 1080 Brussels), is backed with €7,500 ($8,100) in prize money from the Chantal Akerman Foundation and will be the first-ever audience prize in Cannes.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Apr. 2024
Gardner played a NewsNation anchor hosting a discussion on AI, but the event is disrupted by two audience members who look exactly like Beavis and Butt-Head, played by Gosling and Mikey Day under makeup and prosthetics.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 16 Apr. 2024
The company creates fun tools for music fans to further engage with their favorite artists and is largely focused on offering products for the kid-to-teen audience.
—Kristin Robinson, Billboard, 16 Apr. 2024
Gannett may earn revenue for audience referrals to Jackpocket services.
—USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
Then an excited whisper went through the audience: The police were coming.
—Emily Rauhala, Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2024
In his essay, Berliner tagged the strategy as a failure, citing the drop in NPR's broadcast audiences and its struggle to attract more Black and Latino listeners in particular.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender launched to high expectations from the original anime show’s die-hard audience.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2024
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Word History
Middle English, "hearing, group of listeners, assembly, council," borrowed from Anglo-French, "hearing, group of listeners," borrowed from Latin audientia "act of listening, group of listeners," noun derivative of audient-, audiens, present participle of audīre "to hear" — more at audible entry 1
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 4
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