plexuses

noun

plural of plexus
as in webs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plexuses
  1. meshes
  2. systems
  3. networks
  4. complexes
  5. wholes
  6. conglomerates
  7. aggregates
Noun
  • Others still involve video to a significant degree but incorporate more explicit 3D information, like data related to positioning, meshes, and so on somewhere in the process.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
  • This might be the last chance to get these items, so check out the latest sales and savings on meshes and routers.
    — George Yang, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
Definition of meshes
Noun
  • Just last week, OpenAI and Anthropic revealed that their AI agents accessed the internet during testing and hacked into other companies’ systems.
    — Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Local officials in Minnesota and Michigan have since confirmed their states were affected, but neither Georgia nor federal officials would confirm that Peach State water systems were among the targets.
    — J. Scott Trubey, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of systems
Noun
  • The railway manias left behind functioning rail networks, and the dot-com bubble left behind server and network infrastructure that made the following two decades of internet companies cheap to build.
    — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Little League Softball World Series broadcasts For the first time, every game of this year’s tournament gets a spot on one of ESPN’s linear networks.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of networks
Noun
  • Many of Beijing’s tech companies are in the Zhongguancun district, a cluster of office complexes set on land that, during the imperial era, served as a burial ground for palace eunuchs.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • They’re typically used for short distances, often for people living in closed community settings such as retirement homes or condominium complexes.
    — Michael Wayland, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of complexes
Noun
  • The latter falls in love, or reads Spinoza, and these two experiences have nothing to do with each other, or with the noise of the typewriter or the smell of cooking; in the mind of the poet these experiences are always forming new wholes.
    — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 June 2026
  • Both artists show systems through synecdoche, with parts standing in for wholes.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
Definition of wholes
Noun
  • The company can’t outspend the luxury conglomerates crowding the Champagne category in other sports, so FIFA gives it substantial stature as a small, independent maison with a global platform.
    — Lilian Raji, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The strength in the sector continues to be a shining light, one that is helping high-end maisons and their conglomerates buck a sluggish luxury market as demand for jewelry continues to rise.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 27 July 2026
Definition of conglomerates
Noun
  • Long Weekend largely aggregates and cross-promotes arts events already happening in the area on the first five days of July.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • Axon's Fusus platform separately aggregates shared community cameras, body cameras, drones and other feeds onto a real-time map.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 29 June 2026
Definition of aggregates
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“Plexuses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plexuses. Accessed 4 Aug. 2026.

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