Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sockets
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Some have straw lids, like the YETI Rambler mug or the Stanley Quencher Flowstate Tumbler, while others have wide openings or cap designs, like the CamelBak Chute Mag water bottle.—
Claire Peltier,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026 -
Charlotte Premium Outlets in Steele Creek is adding two popular athletic and outdoor brand stores on the heels of recent openings and more planned this year.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Apr. 2026
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Ladle soup into bowls and top each with a dollop of lemon cream.—
Selma Brown Morrow,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Apr. 2026
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Each board comes with spread containers, bowls and a cheese knife.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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But the signature feature was a set of eighteen grass-and-stone basins that gather rain and, on calm days, gather people.—
Eric Klinenberg,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The crew will use three Nikon cameras equipped with different zoom lenses to capture varied features like impact basins and ancient lava flows.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2026
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The boards illustrate the two-story building with details such as white walls and a clay roof, alcoves and residential balconies facing the street.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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The alcoves on the rotunda's first level long held Iowa units' battle flags, including the 2nd Infantry's scarred banner.—
Bill Steiden,
Des Moines Register,
24 Mar. 2026
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Grizzlies were once plentiful in California, ranging across its wide valleys as well as along coastal and inland mountain ranges.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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During my most recent visit in 2025, my family and I spent time driving around on the mostly one-lane highway, through the hills and valleys of the six volcanoes that lie rumbling underneath the island.—
Emily Adler,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 Apr. 2026
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However, if the baseboards are extra dusty and require a heavy-duty clean, use the dry pad without the cleaning tool in place of a regular rag to get in all the nooks and crevices of the baseboards.—
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
7 Apr. 2026
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Water flossers blast away plaque from teeth, including between nooks and crannies that are hard to reach with regular floss and picks.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
5 Apr. 2026
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Nvidia and Supermicro were both founded in Silicon Valley in 1993, with each occupying different niches in the burgeoning tech industry.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Over the past decade, the evidence has solidified in several clinical niches.—
Lynne Peeples,
Scientific American,
26 Mar. 2026
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Because of its distinct grooves and marks, the stone piece was believed to be some kind of board game – but obviously no rulebook was dug up to confirm this.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
29 Mar. 2026
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In another part of the factory, a worker used a wooden stick, like a tongue compressor at a doctor’s office, to scrape excess bits of explosive out of the grooves inside each shell, ensuring that the base would screw on smoothly.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Sockets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sockets. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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