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This is why light already dominates internet communications through fiber-optic cables.—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026 Importantly, the turret appears to be effective against Russian fiber-optic drones, which are immune to jamming.—Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 The first physical act was running a fiber-optic cable to a telephone pole.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026 As part of this work, hundreds of seismometers, as well as networks of fiber-optic cables, will be used to record even the tiniest of earthquakes, during periods of tranquility and unrest.—Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for fiber-optic