listening post
noun
: a center for monitoring electronic communications (as of an enemy)
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In a symbolic portrayal of local struggles to get the message out, Nut Brother commandeered one of the few remaining public pay phones in Beijing as a listening post for strangers to come hear about the health problems Huludao residents face. 
Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 These included a listening post in Cuba and a naval base in Vietnam. New York Times, 4 May 2022 Next, the sonobuoy unfolds a five-sided array of 40 underwater microphones (known as hydrophones), creating an underwater listening post. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2022 Under his leadership, the Panjshir Valley became a kind of forward listening post for Western intelligence, a free enclave of the minority Tajik ethnicity in a country dominated by the Pashtun regime of the Taliban, and a constant thorn in its side. New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021 Under his leadership, the Panjshir Valley became a kind of forward listening post for Western intelligence, a free enclave of the minority Tajik ethnicity in a country dominated by the Pashtun regime of the Taliban, and a constant thorn in its side. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021 Functioning like the ears of the program, the listening post leverages AI and automation for risk intelligence collection, validation, sentiment analysis and impact prediction. Atul Vashistha, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021 The Wave Rider could form part of a picket line of submarine detection drones, or serve as a communications relay for an underwater listening post. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2020 Initially Webb was put to work cataloging the thousands of encrypted German radio messages that British listening posts were intercepting each day. National Geographic, 6 May 2020 See More
Vic Chiang, Washington Post, 26 July 2022 These included a listening post in Cuba and a naval base in Vietnam. New York Times, 4 May 2022 Next, the sonobuoy unfolds a five-sided array of 40 underwater microphones (known as hydrophones), creating an underwater listening post. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Jan. 2022 Under his leadership, the Panjshir Valley became a kind of forward listening post for Western intelligence, a free enclave of the minority Tajik ethnicity in a country dominated by the Pashtun regime of the Taliban, and a constant thorn in its side. New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021 Under his leadership, the Panjshir Valley became a kind of forward listening post for Western intelligence, a free enclave of the minority Tajik ethnicity in a country dominated by the Pashtun regime of the Taliban, and a constant thorn in its side. BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2021 Functioning like the ears of the program, the listening post leverages AI and automation for risk intelligence collection, validation, sentiment analysis and impact prediction. Atul Vashistha, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2021 The Wave Rider could form part of a picket line of submarine detection drones, or serve as a communications relay for an underwater listening post. Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2020 Initially Webb was put to work cataloging the thousands of encrypted German radio messages that British listening posts were intercepting each day. National Geographic, 6 May 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1942, in the meaning defined above