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Definition of connectednext

connected

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verb

past tense of connect
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of connected
Adjective
And while Marion, Nevada does not appear connected to the play, which is set in Rachel, Lincoln County, Nevada in addition to Hawkins, Indiana, that may change. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026 Agents require connected and reliable operational, service and business context, not simply more data. — Dilip Kumar, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
But signing something and delivering it on time, and with power connected, are two very different things. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Nov. 2026 In the Cité, the lives of the kids, teenagers and parents are all connected. — Marta Balaga, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026 See All Example Sentences for connected
Recent Examples of Synonyms for connected
Adjective
  • As more people use kratom and other associated products, there’s a growing recognition of the potential risk for addiction.
    — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026
  • So building an eight-cylinder version, complete with the associated challenges of packaging, cooling and exhaust tuning, is quite the undertaking.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The company has kept much of its design and manufacturing in-house, partly because the pieces are closely coupled and partly because suitable aviation components didn’t exist when development began.
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Milleri then began dating Grimes, who was previously coupled up with Elon Musk, but the pair amicably split in August 2025 after one year of dating.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 19 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The teams combined atomic-scale simulations with electron microscopy and experiments to see how changes in the two materials could help meet growing demand for denser data storage as AI use expands.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The teams combined for 1,220 yards of offense — 894 of those before halftime — but a few defensive plays in the fourth quarter were as big as any of the game's 13 plays of at least 30 yards.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The pair have been linked since they were spotted together on September 12 at Taylor Swift’s apartment.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Stronger social connections are linked to living longer, feeling happier and lowering the risk of cognitive decline later in life.
    — Richard Sima, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2026
Adjective
  • The containers have been heavily modified, with two joined side-by-side and the third placed on top at one end.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Jones, the former Apple exec who recently re-joined Amazon, padded out the programming wish list.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • There is no public confirmation that this particular missile has been integrated.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Rather than eliminating that need immediately, tokenization may initially add another layer that has to be integrated with the systems already in place.
    — Isabella Gao, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Arpita Singh, an Indian painter whose hallucinatory work fused allusions to real-world violence with uninterpretable dream imagery, died on Monday in New Delhi.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • And while unstable coalitions repeatedly fused and dissolved in the halls of power, outside these halls pipes burst and roads crumbled.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • In annual filings, Nvidia has identified competitors including Advanced Micro Devices, or AMD, Intel, Broadcom and cloud services companies like Google, Amazon and Microsoft.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The reports identified elevated levels of several types of fungal material associated with water damage.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Nov. 2026

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“Connected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/connected. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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