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wired

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verb

past tense of wire

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Recent Examples of wired
Adjective
Brightspeed is often one of the few wired alternatives in rural zones. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025 As for wired charging, leaker Ice Universe reports the S26 Ultra could get up to 60W speeds, a big jump from 45W on the S25 Ultra. PC Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025 The set-up, with its romantic tensions still cross-wired after all these years, seems promising. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025 There is no good reason to automatically allow wired connections when unlocked. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wired
Adjective
  • One of Altman’s batch mates in the first Y Combinator cohort was Aaron Swartz, a brilliant but troubled coder who died by suicide in 2013 and is now remembered in many tech circles as something of a sage.
    Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • In March, the Dallas City Council did not make a final decision on what to do about the troubled City Hall building.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Article continues below Star clusters and dimmer nebulas are visible threaded through the galactic plane, while the Large Magellanic Cloud — a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way — appears as a hazy patch of light to the bottom right of the shot.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The sea motif is threaded throughout the tasting room.
    Jess Lander, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Ohtani is tied with Len Koenecke (1934) and Zack Wheat (1919-1920) for the fifth-longest on-base streak in Dodger franchise history.
    ABC News, ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Inflation ran hot in March as a result of higher energy costs tied to the Iran war, which has constrained the flow of crude oil through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical chokepoint for global oil supply.
    Brian Dakss, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Esther said that Kim was upset about McCormick's bizarre behavior.
    Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The demonstrations have been primarily instigated by farmers, agricultural contractors and road haulage operators, who are upset with the government’s response to the spike in fuel prices since the onset of the Iran war.
    Michael Considine, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • In episode three, that perfect fit is Benito Skinner, who plays a high-strung costume designer named Carter who wears Valerie down with a visual and spiritual assault on caftans on the set of her new sitcom.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The same is true of Sonny and Sal, his high-strung henchman.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Who this kind of testing is really for Exceptional online testing isn’t restricted to jittery grade-schoolers flailing in traditional classrooms.
    Lucy Jones April 11, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Basketball gave me a reason to be jittery, an acceptable use for my constant movement.
    Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The area is bounded by the Interstate 485/Providence Road interchange and extends south to the South Carolina state line.
    Chase Jordan April 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2026
  • David Duran blasted a shot from 25 yards out that hit the crossbar and bounded back in play where Jared Contreras headed it over to Garza who headed it into the net.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 2026

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.

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