plugged-in

Definition of plugged-innext

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plugged-in
Adjective
  • Everyone’s putting on a cool, with-it surface while paddling like mad underneath.
    Olivia Waite, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The line felt dumb and flaccid, derivative in an irritating rather than with-it sense, and lacking the transgression found in good gallows humor.
    Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Ever vigilant still, Elmer has mapped three escape routes from his shoe stand, just in case the task force reappears.
    Wendi C. Thomas, MLK50, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Ever vigilant still, Elmer has mapped three escape routes from his shoe stand, just in case the task force reappears.
    Wendi C. Thomas, ProPublica, 15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Be sure to stay alert and have a safe place as well as a plan in case a severe storm passes through your area.
    Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • The airport’s surface detection system, known as ASDE-X, is designed to track aircraft and ground vehicles and alert controllers to potential runway conflicts.
    Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The good outcome for my recovery was especially enhanced by the kind, attentive, caring nurses and therapists.
    Letter to Editor, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Bieber had stepped onto a smaller stage, more sharply circular than the first, and two acoustic guitarists came to sit on either side of him, flanking him like twin cherubs attentive at their harps.
    Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Today, Tiny is typically displayed on ground level elsewhere in the park during Fright Fest, presumably under the watchful eyes of security cameras.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Jonsson plays Taylor, a watchful, aged-beyond-his-years introvert who has spent 13 years behind bars on a manslaughter charge — missing almost the entire life of his teenage son Adam (Cole Martin), from whom the boy’s mother is determined to keep him estranged.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Plugged-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plugged-in. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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