sockets

noun

plural of socket
as in openings

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sockets
  1. openings
  2. bowls
  3. basins
  4. alcoves
  5. valleys
  6. nooks
  7. niches
  8. grooves
Noun
  • Rogen, too, has suffered stressful openings – witness the reception to American Pickle, about a Jewish factory worker who crossed the ocean from Europe stuck in a vat.
    — Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 July 2026
  • For Cultured, the Angeleno documented a six-week run of partying in New York, skipping from Manhattan gallery openings and readings to Brooklyn magazine launches.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of openings
Noun
  • Some homes were eerily frozen in time, with bowls still filled with food.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • That’s exactly what Johoon of the Korean boy band Cortis decided on a recent visit to the French capital, at the top of a day that also includes shopping for records, noshing on açai bowls, and sailing on the Seine.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 20 July 2026
Definition of bowls
Noun
  • There's also potential for catastrophic river flooding in the Nueces, Frio, and Medina river basins and significant flooding in the Pecos, Rio Grande, and San Antonio river basins, according to the National Weather Service.
    — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 16 July 2026
  • During heavy rains, water can quickly shoot downhill before filling the narrow river basins.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026
Definition of basins
Noun
  • By that time Dame Frances had established the idea of theaters of memory—imaginary architectural structures, replete with columns and alcoves and windows, where items can be placed for later recollection.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • The food court was completely shuttered, and the Coca-Cola vending machines had been yanked from their alcoves.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
Definition of alcoves
Noun
  • Both areas have deep sediment soil that sit atop alluvial valleys.
    — Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • High temperatures will be in the 90s to low 100s in the valleys, with the Antelope Valley in the 100s, and in the 70s to 80s in coastal areas, according to the National Weather Service.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of valleys
Noun
  • Because spills always seem to settle in the most inconvenient spots (like the bottom of your produce drawer), a dishwasher can help reach all the nooks and crannies that are hard to clean by hand.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2026
  • And the swifts have adapted to live with humans, raising their young in the nooks and crannies of buildings and other structures.
    — Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 22 July 2026
Definition of nooks
Noun
  • The fresh wind of pragmatism animating the Bancarella Prize—a book fair that exposed and celebrated the consumerist dimension of the book as object—pushed the boundaries of the publishing industry beyond the niches of its traditional readership.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
  • The Ghastly Grotto started its life as a simple CostCo shed, but Mitchell has since turned it into a full-scale tiki bar, with niches and grottos packed with art, figurines and other bric-a-brac, all with a ghoulish bent.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of niches
Noun
  • On his first appearance for Peak Oil, the Mancunian producer animates foreboding, percussive bass music with tricky details and Escherian grooves.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026
  • Bacteria can hide in these small components, ridges, and grooves.
    — Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 25 July 2026
Definition of grooves
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