How to Use LAN in a Sentence

LAN

noun

• And back in the day there was at least LAN.
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2025
• Most of these require local area network (LAN) cables that can get tangled, says Narukiyo.
  — Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2026
• The drives are also held in place by thumbscrews that are included in the box, along with a LAN cable and an installation guide.
  — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
• Ethernet has long been synonymous with local area networking, or LAN.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 22 June 2025
• The projector also has a LAN port strictly for remote external control.
  — PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
• However, its limited features, such as no anti-malware software or multi-gig LAN ports, hold it back.
  — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 14 Feb. 2025
• The Gen 3 router can then be connected to the Starlink dish, all the while featuring two extra Ethernet LAN ports.
  — Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2026
• Operators currently rely on robots connected by heavy LAN cables.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
• The front of the NAS is home to a backlit power button and three LED indicators (one for each drive, plus another for LAN activity).
  — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 30 June 2026
• Some invites, such as those for Tundra Esports and Parivision, seem to be pretty locked in, but after a season that has seen a lot of teams take LAN victories, there are a lot of teams in contention and likely not enough invites for all of them to get one.
  — Mike Stubbs, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
• The front panel contains LED indicators for power, system status, LAN connectivity, and disk activity.
  — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026
• The digital screens owned by LAN are designated for static content that supports wayfinding, provides essential travel information and promotes LAN’s revenue-generating services.
  — Dan Basso, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
• Like its siblings, Google TV provides access to the audiovisual entertainment over Wi-Fi 6e or Gigabit Ethernet LAN, with direct access to Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video and Disney+ platforms via dedicated buttons on the IR/Bluetooth remote.
  — Paul Ridden june 22, New Atlas, 22 June 2026