How to Use adapter in a Sentence

adapter

noun
  • The bards were the first adapters.
    David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Connect the adapter to the blade and then clamp it onto the arm.
    Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The other issue is that the adapter has been in and out of stock.
    Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Whether the deal comes with free adapters is yet to be determined.
    Melvin Backman, Quartz, 19 Sep. 2024
  • But the cable isn't very long and there's no charging adapter.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Cut the relief valve tube to length and solder a male adapter to one end.
    Steve Willson, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2018
  • Some adapters of this play have shorn those lines from Stockmann’s mouth.
    Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 14 Jan. 2018
  • The shipments showed up disguised as adapters or sealed in cat-food bags.
    Longreads, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Plenty, and a faulty adapter could leave you on the hook for damage to both.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Plenty, and a faulty adapter could leave you on the hook for damage to both.
    Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
  • Rule changes of this scope reward the smart adapters and punish the slow movers.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Parents will need to send a clear photo of the power adapter.
    Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 July 2024
  • It is led by Amazon and has forced slow adapters out of business.
    Kyle Arnold, OrlandoSentinel.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • In the development and growth phase, your role is that of an adapter.
    Rodney C. Adkins, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • But the portafilter needs a plastic adapter and the espresso cup needs a stand.
    Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 11 July 2025
  • The phone also comes with an 18-watt adapter for fast charging.
    Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Out of all the winter-adapters, the disc golfers might be the craziest.
    Bob Shaw, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2017
  • That said, the portafilter needs a plastic adapter and the espresso cup needs a stand.
    Simon Hill, Wired News, 12 July 2025
  • Though this isn’t an all-in-one adapter, the plugs are compact, lightweight, and easy to bring along.
    Popular Science, 9 Nov. 2020
  • The grip, a phone case, the 67 mm filter adapter, a lens cap, and lanyard.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In the coming weeks, the Orion capsule for the flight and its adapter will be added.
    Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • On game day, plug the cooker into a car adapter to keep the chili warm on the way to the stadium.
    Noelle Carter, sacbee, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Since the mission isn’t going to the station, the adapter wasn’t needed.
    Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The 12-volt car adapter takes the longest to fill the battery at 13 hours.
    Jim Rossman, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The Bluetooth adapter is marked down by $15, for a sale price of $30.
    Buy Side Staff, wsj.com, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Although there are some lens adapters available, they aren’t guaranteed to work.
    Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The fork clamps hold any type of thru-axle design, and there’s an adapter for old-school QR bikes.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Not since the early adapters and the quants learned that much of the orthodoxy of hitting was stone-cold wrong.
    Tom Verducci, SI.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • In some regions, a power adapter isn’t even included.
    Marco Chiappetta, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • These adapters then shape the large, primary model’s response.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026

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