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wired

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verb

past tense of wire

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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
  • That included independent courts, an anti-monopoly agency to ensure fair competition, and strong regulation to keep troubled banks from choking off credit.
    Claudia Ciobanu, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Attempting to escape her troubled past, Millie (Sweeney) takes a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina Winchester (Seyfried).
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But another penalty led to the equalizer, when UMD’s Hunter Anderson got threaded a cross-ice pass for a wide-open look and wristed a goal to the top right shelf.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The first two entries in Denis Villeneuve‘s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic threaded an increasingly rare needle between critical acclaim and box office success.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 17 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Straws were made of bamboo or bamboo fiber, water is only in glass bottles, and even the disposable underwear in the spa was tied cutely in a cloth in the style of eco-conscious furoshiki fabric-wrapping art.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Ayo Dosunmu added 17 points and tied a career high with 10 rebounds.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • But if the jumpers go cold, the Tide will be vulnerable to a first-round upset.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2026
  • After trailing for most of the game, Minnesota used a frantic 14-0 run to start the final frame to finally wake up a home crowd that had been nervously starring down a major upset in their own backyard.
    Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The scheme shocks their high-strung son Harold (Roberts), whose wife, Neha (Gill), is a local police officer.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The combination of the car weighing less than 1,750 pounds, its slippery shape, and its high-strung engine, allows the 202 to nudge 105 mph.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The film’s amber light and ample bell-bottoms situate it firmly in the late 1970s, a time of repressive dictatorships and jittery paranoia, triggered by political malfeasance and instability across the world.
    Michael Snyder, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The move did not appear to reassure jittery traders as prices continued to climb.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Living in a continent-sized nation bounded by two vast oceans allows for that dangerous self-deception.
    Chuck DeVore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Noah’s technical ability on snare drum is leaps and bounds ahead of other students his age, and his consistently excellent drumming anchors our drumline’s sound.
    Heide Janssen, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.

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