: technologically or socially informed and connected
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Word History

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of plugged-in was in 1968

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“Plugged-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plugged-in. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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