How to Use compact disc in a Sentence

compact disc

noun
  • The sound of the vinyl trumps the sound of a compact disc or cassette any day.
    — Gabrielle Bunton, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2021
  • At times, record players, records, cassettes and compact discs were sold.
    — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Plus, there is a small section where customers can find rare tapes, compact discs and records.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
  • One of the few titles to be getting a compact disc as well as vinyl edition for the day.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Oct. 2023
  • While some prefer the lo-fi hum of a record player, others like the crisp sound of a compact disc.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The store has been selling and collecting music long enough to see vinyl eclipsed by the compact disc, and then reborn.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Despite this, the compact disc is making something of a surprise comeback.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 25 Apr. 2024
  • There are people who have used CDs, compact discs to make spectrometers out of.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Taylor said in the motion that prosecutors provided copies of the video on both a flash drive and a compact disc.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 9 May 2023
  • First 50 to arrive get compact disc of King square dance album and instruction book.
    — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • The compact disc, whose sales have been declining for years, looks to be finally ditched by Best Buy.
    — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Think about what iPods did to compact discs, and what the iPhone did to the BlackBerry.
    — Samantha Masunaga, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2017
  • Police told Hartley that the envelope contained an unsigned card along with a compact disc.
    — Gordon Rago, baltimoresun.com, 6 July 2018
  • But back in the compact disc era, that disappointment usually cost about $13.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Those restrictions flew out the studio window when the compact disc arrived in the Eighties.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2024
  • The most striking fact about latter-day discussions about sound quality and streaming may be just how far ahead of its time the compact disc was.
    — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Prizes are available to patrons for having read or listened to a qualifying number of books or compact discs.
    — Megann Horstead, chicagotribune.com, 25 May 2018
  • This vinyl followup promises to take advantage of the same restorative care that made the compact disc of a few years back such an instant collectible.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Best Buy will pull compact discs from their stores by July 1, according to Billboard.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • But the ones and zeros can disappear entirely as digital media like compact discs degrade over time.
    — Alex Johnson, NBC News, 4 July 2019
  • Shaped like a compact disc and modeled after the brand’s Clear mask, this tiny tool delivers pinpoint treatment that helps calm and clear breakouts fast.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Dawson, while walking the aisles, also gave them a little souvenir, in the form of guitar picks and compact discs, to commemorate their flight.
    — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Whereas most camp sets nest together in a large cylindrical shape, this set includes a large pot, kettle and pan that nest inside of each other to form a slim, compact disc.
    — Sara Tane, goodhousekeeping.com, 16 May 2023
  • The library owns a Philips CD-i, an early effort at supplanting video game cartridges with compact discs.
    — Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The cassette player's performance, with tape recorded on a good deck from records or compact discs, absolutely caresses the ears.
    — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The business of selling vinyl albums, in the midst of an unexpected , could have been facing its biggest existential threat since the rise of the compact disc.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Sony went on to develop the compact disc along with Philips PHG , and that product once again changed the face of the music business.
    — Bobby Owsinski, Forbes, 30 May 2021
  • But out of the gate, the Spice Girls’ arsenal included a weapon even more powerful than warehouses full of gleaming compact discs.
    — New York Times, 19 July 2019
  • The slaying happened in the course of the theft of two shotguns, two rifle, one sword, 29 compact discs and an undetermined amount of cash, according to court records.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 27 Feb. 2020
  • In 2020, vinyl overtook compact discs as the dominant physical format.
    — August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024

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