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adapters for the food mixer include a meat grinder and an ice cream maker
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Included in the Studio Display's base price is your choice of a stand with tilt adjustment or a VESA-mount adapter for arm- or wall-mounting.
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Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
The complex process, requiring two Starships equipped with docking adapters to meet up in orbit to transfer hundreds of tons of super-cooled propellant, is necessary for Starship to reach distant destinations like Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
Don’t forget a universal travel adapter to charge your phone in a foreign country, or a Bluetooth wireless transmitter to skip using low-quality airline headphones on a long-haul flight.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
Book adaptations have become so important in Hollywood that Netflix, a perennial book adapter, said its book-to-screen content found a spot in the streamer’s global Top 10 every week in 2025.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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Tony Hoffman, PC Magazine, 11 Apr. 2026
The complex process, requiring two Starships equipped with docking adapters to meet up in orbit to transfer hundreds of tons of super-cooled propellant, is necessary for Starship to reach distant destinations like Mars.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2026
Don’t forget a universal travel adapter to charge your phone in a foreign country, or a Bluetooth wireless transmitter to skip using low-quality airline headphones on a long-haul flight.
—Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 8 Apr. 2026
Book adaptations have become so important in Hollywood that Netflix, a perennial book adapter, said its book-to-screen content found a spot in the streamer’s global Top 10 every week in 2025.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2026
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“Adapter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adapter. Accessed 16 Apr. 2026.
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adapter
noun
adapt·er
variants
also adaptor
1
: someone or something that adapts
2
a
: a device for connecting two parts (as of different diameters) of a usually larger device
b
: an attachment for adapting a device for uses not originally intended
Medical Definition
adapter
noun
adapt·er
variants
also adaptor
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