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Recent Examples of cable
Ahead, find out how to watch the WNBA games with and without a cable subscription.
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Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Ad commitments last year for primetime broadcast TV fell 3.5% in the upfront market, to $9.34 billion, according to Media Dynamics Inc., while commitments for primetime on cable tumbled 4.8%, to $9.065 billion.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 May 2025
The service will be available to current cable and satellite subscribers at no additional cost.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Shares of cable and media conglomerate Comcast, whose NBCUniversal owns Universal Pictures, were essentially flat (up 0.03%).
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 May 2025
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Rudie Obias, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2025
Ad commitments last year for primetime broadcast TV fell 3.5% in the upfront market, to $9.34 billion, according to Media Dynamics Inc., while commitments for primetime on cable tumbled 4.8%, to $9.065 billion.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 15 May 2025
The service will be available to current cable and satellite subscribers at no additional cost.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 14 May 2025
Shares of cable and media conglomerate Comcast, whose NBCUniversal owns Universal Pictures, were essentially flat (up 0.03%).
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cable
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That proposal submitted by Polk Stanley Wilcox was estimated to cost at least $136,000; the optional inclusion of the shock wires would have added approximately $55,000 to the total price.—
Joseph Flaherty,
Arkansas Online,
23 May 2025
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Tubes 1 and 2 were inundated with salt water during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and Amtrak has said the resulting corrosion of wires has played havoc with signaling and traction power in the tubes over the past decade.—
Evan Simko-Bednarski,
New York Daily News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The actor, who is Black and gay, previously alleged that two men jeered at him before pouring bleach onto his body and tying a rope around his neck on Jan. 29, 2019.—
Ashleigh Fields,
The Hill,
23 May 2025
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Elster plays with perspective and consciousness in her interactive display, placing some items on the ground and using a rope to keep viewers at a distance from some artifacts and artworks.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
18 May 2025
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The cord wraps lightly around the breast, placing the base station above it.—
Ben Coxworth,
New Atlas,
17 May 2025
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“Cable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cable. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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