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wired

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verb

past tense of wire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wired
Adjective
For drivers seeking simplicity, the coin-sized MINI Cube converts any wired car connection to reliable wireless. New Atlas, 27 Nov. 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
  • The film follows a weary delivery driver with months to live who saves a brilliant but troubled teenage girl.
    Justin Kroll, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2026
  • But many parents of troubled adults face myriad obstacles in getting help for their children, said Pasquini, who is a former nine-year member of the Contra Costa County Mental Health Commission and who has long worked for changes in the state’s conservatorship laws.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • That emotional impact is inseparable from the animation, threaded with light and shadow, underscoring how tightly songs and visuals are now bound together.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Mikael Granlund threaded a pass from the right circle to set up Merzlikins, and also scored.
    CBS News, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bell and Shepard got engaged that same year and tied the knot in 2013.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The Sabres, however, tied it again.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The Tigers, previously 0-9 all-time at Rupp Arena, took advantage of a struggling Kentucky Wildcats squad for a 73-68 upset win.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The automaker spent much of the year undoing decisions made by the previous CEO, Carlos Tavares, who resigned at the end of 2024, as stakeholders in the company — from dealers to union rank and file — were upset with him and unhappy with his leadership.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • The heavy, high-strung, high-stakes series is a must-watch.
    Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Refinery29, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Things are further complicated when the eldest Stone son, played by Dermot Mulroney, brings his high-strung girlfriend, Meredith (Parker), home to meet the family, and the matriarch later reveals to everyone that her breast cancer has metastasized.
    Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • The Steelers failed to capitalize on the miscues from a jittery Stroud, who fumbled twice and threw a pick deep in Pittsburgh territory.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The Steelers failed to capitalize on the miscues from a jittery Stroud, who fumbled twice and threw a pick.
    Will Graves, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Three players handled the ball after the inbounds, but DiCostanzo’s 3-point shot bounded long off the back of the rim with two seconds remaining.
    Martin Henderson, Oc Register, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The entertainment area — bounded by Southwest Second Street, the railroad tracks, the New River and Nugent Avenue — sits near the Riverwalk, the Broward Center for the Performing Arts and the Museum of Discovery and Science.
    Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.

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