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Recent Examples of socket
At every light switch, power socket, and on the road, an unstoppable revolution is already underway.
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 21 Apr. 2025
The guy led the National League with 42 home runs in 2021 with a shoulder that popped out of its socket no less than five times from spring training to the end of the season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Of course, the solution works with any device with a 3.5mm headphone socket, not just on planes.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
If using a seed mat, be sure to plug the electrical cord directly into the wall socket and not into the light timer, since the heat mat should always be on until the plants are up and growing well on their own.
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 21 Apr. 2025
The guy led the National League with 42 home runs in 2021 with a shoulder that popped out of its socket no less than five times from spring training to the end of the season.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025
Of course, the solution works with any device with a 3.5mm headphone socket, not just on planes.
—David Phelan, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
If using a seed mat, be sure to plug the electrical cord directly into the wall socket and not into the light timer, since the heat mat should always be on until the plants are up and growing well on their own.
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socket
Noun
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Here's what to add to your watchlist ahead of Epic Universe's opening this month.—
Samantha Neely,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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Should projections hold, the new release will land one of the lower openings of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 May 2025
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The home spotlights numerous private alcoves, including a hot tub level.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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In the evenings, candles placed punctiliously into alcoves, corners, and stairwells cast warm amber light that flickers softly in the night.—
Ashlee Marie Preston,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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But the real draw is the close-ups on slices of pork bubbling and sizzling on hot grills, plus the dramatic pans over bowls of banchan.—
Katie Rife,
EW.com,
11 May 2025
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Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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But today, the most important political cleft is not the fading distinction between right and left, but the rising conflict between liberal and illiberal, democratic and autocratic.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
28 Mar. 2025
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Many birth defects are treatable; orofacial clefts and some heart defects, for example, can be corrected with surgery.—
Almut Winterstein,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2025
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The term is reserved for a specific type of dress shirt fabric that's traditionally from Scotland and currently used to refer to shirts that are a bit thicker, coarser, and sport a breast pocket.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
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By all accounts, to interact with $TRUMP is to funnel money directly into the president’s pockets, but the campaign-finance laws that caused the Winklevosses’ exorbitant donations to be refunded don’t apply here.—
Will Gottsegen,
The Atlantic,
9 May 2025
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Bloodlines had granted British monarchs the right to territory in Aquitaine, the southwestern nook of France, much to the rancor of their French rivals.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2025
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George Springer found a nook in his locker to rest his phone every day.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Unlike other fountains, this one comes with four rods that can be cut to fit your specific basin.—
Brandi Fuller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Apr. 2025
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These physiological and sensory adaptations underpin the species’ ability to traverse vast ocean basins, from coastal foraging grounds to the depths of the White Shark Café, cementing their role as sentinels of both nearshore and open‑ocean ecosystems.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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States in the Mid-Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee valleys, stretching all the way into parts of Pennsylvania and western New York, could see thunderstorms, damaging winds, hail and a possible isolated tornado, the weather service said.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
2 May 2025
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When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
1 May 2025
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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socket. Accessed 14 May. 2025.
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