connects

present tense third-person singular of connect
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Recent Examples of connects Its Ember 2 mug, which has a heating element right inside and connects to a handy app, is now out in some new colorways. Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Nov. 2025 Other highlights include a living room sporting a wood-burning stove, a dining area that connects to a kitchen outfitted with open shelving and stainless appliances, and a bath equipped with a porcelain tub. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025 This week, Angus has a brilliant new essay in Big Think that connects Shakespeare’s King Lear to the life of Steve Jobs. Big Think, 6 Nov. 2025 Their mission is to create nationwide, top-tier live music destinations that change how the world experiences and connects with music, shaping the future of live entertainment. Evan Burke, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025 Nisar’s sister, who’s also a vet, introduced her to an app called Roo that connects vets to clinics in need of coverage. Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2025 This wireless Bluetooth audio transmitter connects your wireless headphones straight to the seat-back screen and even lets two people pair up to watch together. Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025 Touring with my husband connects me to Donna in another way. Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025 That is also true regarding how the dispute connects to labor law. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for connects
Verb
  • Lasky also integrates tangential but no-less-compelling topics, like the show-stopping style of Iris Apfel and her influence on Lasky’s mother, and Lasky’s evergreen obsession with The Shining.
    Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • BioLife integrates artificial intelligence into its operations and care delivery.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Poppy seed dressing, popularized in the 1950s, combines sugar, vinegar, mustard, onion and oil with poppy seeds.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • His keen playful writing combines magical realism, genre-busting humor, literary zip—and there are few people better suited to adapting Wilder than Ethan Lipton.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • Everyone associates that with us.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Hunger can be another motivator, especially if your feline associates certain times or behaviors with food.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Their recent paper describes the Movement Reshaping (MR) Exosuit, which, rather than augmenting any part of the human body, couples the motion of one joint to lock or unlock the motion of another joint.
    Payal Dhar, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Sep. 2021
Verb
  • The extremely complex movement incorporates a special ruby duplex escapement and unites grande and petite sonnerie, alarm, and calendar functions.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The kind that unites us, inspires us.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For example, emotion AI (when AI identifies human emotions) can help people with difficulty identifying emotions make sense of their meeting partners on video conferencing platforms like Zoom.
    Rachel Curry, CNBC, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Álvarez specifically identifies Colombian President Duque and former President Alvaro Uribe as having knowledge of a secret meeting at a Marriott Hotel in Bogota where discussions included combating the ELN.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • This also correlates with an increase in the number of Americans who hold a positive view of religion.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Justice represents the Sun in Libra, and the Two of Swords correlates to the Moon in Libra.
    Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • While most health experts agree that these foods are fine as a once-in-a-while treat, a growing body of evidence links regular consumption of UPFs to health risks and chronic conditions like obesity, heart disease, cancer and Type 2 diabetes.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Nov. 2025
  • One theory points to the ongoing government shutdown and its impact on air travel; another links the tone to last week’s deadly UPS cargo-plane crash in Louisville.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025

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