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Recent Examples of hookup
Noun
The hookup to mount the Edge inside a PC case may require two of Corsair cables. Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025 Several of the state parks also have cabins, RV hookups, and tent sites for outdoor lovers. Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
Verb
For decades, scientists have chased a mystery about how proteins’ building blocks first hooked up with RNA, the molecule carrying life’s code. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2025 When Mormon mom Ruby Franke hooked up with rogue counselor Jodi Hildebrandt, the duo briefly rose to fame before their disturbing disciplinary methods drew criticism, then arrests. PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hookup
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hookup
Noun
  • The band’s foundation was built on the joint songwriting of Davies and Hodgson, who sang lead on most of Supertramp’s hits, but their partnership was beginning to dissolve by the early 1980s.
    David Chiu, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But Somaiya left the startup after just a few months after the partnership unraveled.
    Max Tani, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Reporter Duaa Eldeib interviewed Sutton-Schulman and L multiple times and traveled to North Carolina for additional reporting.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Who isn't searching for Japan travel?
    Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To this end, the Kansas City Election Board has mostly relied on existing relationships with schools, churches and libraries.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Centene and the Neidorffs’ contributions didn’t stop in 2019, nor did their business relationship with the state of California.
    Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Of course, with a luxury experience also comes a luxurious price tag and the cost of tickets won’t be the kind of budget fares people most associate with bus travel.
    Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Consuming 400 grams of dairy daily was associated with a 2% increase in risk.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In contrast, the cerebellum showed no such association.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Bieger and a spokesperson for the alumni association did not immediately return Deadline’s requests for comment.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • EDTIn a press conference, authorities shared security camera footage of the gunman running across a roof and jumping down from a building before leaving the Utah Valley University campus.
    Zachary Folk, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The design leans rustic (give or take a couple of Togo chairs), with moss green paneling, tartan upholstery, and wood beams running throughout.
    Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the set, a collaboration between interior designer Madelynn Hudson and florist Rana Kim, will transport guests from TriBeCa to the verdant Highlands mountains.
    Ari Stark, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The play builds on the decades-long collaboration between Shawn and Gregory, who first worked on Shawn’s play Our Late Night in 1975 and then went on to work on the films My Dinner with Andre, Vanya on 42nd Street and a filmed adaptation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • CitizenShipper connects pet owners with drivers who specialize in transporting animals.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The fourth episode depicts him as a negligent and emotionally abusive lover to Satan, further connecting him to the show’s previous portrayals of Saddam Hussein.
    Nick Marx, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Hookup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hookup. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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