How to Use vinyl in a Sentence

vinyl

noun
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  • To that end, the book is sized like a vinyl LP box set.
    — Rachel Kramer Bussel, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Discogs is the best source for finding rare, out-of-print vinyl.
    — Ryan Smith, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2021
  • So far, vinyl sales are up 4% over this same point last year.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 30 May 2022
  • How broad and narrow is the market for CD and vinyl box sets?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022
  • As the camera zoomed in on Berry's boot, the sound of a vinyl record scratching could be heard.
    — Ashley Hume, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • The title is slang for a vinyl record, as well as the name of a small record-store chain of that era.
    — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2021
  • As local vinyl-heads will tell you it’s one of the best record stores in the Southeast.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 8 Oct. 2021
  • One of the guests, a helpless vinyl devotee, pulled the Beatles’ 45 from the sleeve.
    — Tom Junod, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Michael collects some of his favorite artists on the old 33 1/3 rpm vinyl records.
    — cleveland, 29 Aug. 2022
  • There are also a couple of thousand vinyl records for sale in the store.
    — Bob Bong, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Over the aux or on vinyl, here are the best Father's Day songs to jam to with the father figure in your life.
    — Mia Uzzell, Glamour, 19 June 2022
  • The space is cozy, with vinyl-record sleeves covering the wood walls and ceiling.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2021
  • To the vinyl records to accompany the herb in question.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
  • The vinyl release is coming this Nov. 19 when the wide rerelease drops.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Fittingly, the book is nearly the same size as a vinyl album.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 14 June 2022
  • Vinyl Albums tallies the top-selling vinyl albums of the week.
    — Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Today, the store is seeing a revival in its vinyl sales.
    — Dart Adams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 May 2022
  • The vinyl also includes several close-up glam shots of the singer.
    — Amethyst Tate, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2022
  • Honor the era they were recorded in by getting the soundtrack on vinyl.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Inside, the units have vinyl plank flooring in some areas.
    — Benjamin C. Tankersley, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2022
  • During the 1990s, Young bemoaned the rise of compact discs and the loss of vinyl’s tactile nature.
    — Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2022
  • On select nights people can bring old vinyl albums to play on the turntable.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 14 Jan. 2022
  • Wide-plank vinyl floors are standard on the first and second floors and an upgrade from carpet on the third.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Long wrote the liner notes for the record, while the sleeve inserts to the vinyl feature photographs of Whitten and Berry.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The album's vinyl version also nabbed the No. 1 slot on Amazon.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The seats are two-tone vinyl—thank you, Ford, for not calling it vegan leather.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Like vinyl records, the print version of Car and Driver is on trend, collectible, and never goes out of style.
    — Nicole Lazarus, Car and Driver, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Orange Crate Art was also issued on vinyl for the very first time.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 June 2022
  • Shuffle out into the light surf this time of year and, just ahead, clouds of sand rise as sting rays, many the size of old vinyl records, emerge from the sand.
    — Scott Wilson, Anchorage Daily News, 24 July 2021
  • But for young people, who are embracing typewriters and vinyl, the glitches are part of the charm.
    — Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, 14 Mar. 2023

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