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Recent Examples of wire
Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes.
—Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026
Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Master carpenters are on site to help teach the homebuilding process to builders of all skill levels, everything from how to hold a hammer to how to wire the house for electricity.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Pairing the two is like trying to solder copper wires to fast-twitch muscle fibers.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 13 Apr. 2026
Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes.
—Maddy Bendgen, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Apr. 2026
Verb
Dylan Darling scored 17 points off the bench and Zuby Ejiofor added 15 for the first-place Johnnies (22-5, 15-1 Big East), who led wire to wire and held Creighton to 32% shooting in their 18th win in 20 games.
—Cbs New York Team, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
Master carpenters are on site to help teach the homebuilding process to builders of all skill levels, everything from how to hold a hammer to how to wire the house for electricity.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wire
Noun
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Netflix was early to the streaming game, scooping up a number of cord cutters with its significantly cheaper online alternative to pricey cable packages.—
Sarah Whitten,Lillian Rizzo,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2026
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The debate will also air nationally on Nexstar’s cable news outlet NewsNation and be livestreamed over its political website The Hill.—
Stephen Battaglio,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The person swimming in the lane next to mine was doing the breaststroke and hit me with her leg, under the lane rope, on two consecutive laps.—
Judith Martin,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
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In the livestream posted by the Mariners, fans stood behind a red rope at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Friday, surrounding the statue with their phones in the air, ready to capture the reveal of the bronze figure.—
Francie Ebert,
NBC news,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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In winter, the mountains transform into one of Japan's top ski destinations, with dozens of resorts accessible within minutes of bullet train stations; non-skiers can strap on traditional Japanese snowshoes and sip hot tea in the snowy forest.—
Iona Brannon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Apr. 2026
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Astronauts strap their feet onto a small platform and pull on a handle connected to a cable.—
Katia Riddle,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In April 2025, DNA on a white cord used to bind Vesey came back as matching Gaff, court records say.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
14 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Trails thread through remnants of the same ancient sea that once also flowed over South Dakota's Badlands National Park—keep an eye out for fossils.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Making our way to compatibility, all three Mission 1s go with all of GoPro's existing mounts – magnetic, conventional, and threaded.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His two-out, two-run double off Bryan Baker gave the Yankees a 3-2 lead in the eighth but Tampa Bay tied the score in the bottom half when Nick Fortes doubled leading off against Max Fried and scored on Yandy Díaz’s infield hit, a high-hopper to first baseman Ben Rice.—
Kristie Ackert,
The Orlando Sentinel,
12 Apr. 2026
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His father was the fourth generation in a long line of gentlemen ranchers—weekend cowboys who’d made their fortune in Austin as attorneys for large oil companies, but whose identity was still tied to the thousands of acres that the family owned near Marfa.—
Douglas Stuart,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wire. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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