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Recent Examples of wire
Rob Coyne, The Conversation, 10 June 2025
It was also revealed to jurors that over the course of their three-year relationship, Combs wired Jane over $150,000.
—Janelle Griffith, People.com, 10 June 2025
Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Can't see Chism making it through the waiver wire given how heavily he was recruited as an UDFA.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Noun
Our brains are wired to think about space and time separately.
—Rob Coyne, The Conversation, 10 June 2025
It was also revealed to jurors that over the course of their three-year relationship, Combs wired Jane over $150,000.
—Janelle Griffith, People.com, 10 June 2025
Verb
By June 2023, even a call from PNC’s fraud department declining his outgoing wire could not dissuade him.
—Cezary Podkul, ProPublica, 25 June 2025
Can't see Chism making it through the waiver wire given how heavily he was recruited as an UDFA.
—Chad Graff, New York Times, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wire
Noun
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However, many travelers don't think twice about buying a cheap charging cable from a questionable vendor at an airport shop or online marketplace, making these cables a more successful point of attack.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
21 June 2025
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Geneva to replace underground utility cables The city of Geneva is aiming to enhance electric service reliability by replacing underground utility cable in four areas throughout the community starting in July, city officials said.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
20 June 2025
Verb
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It can be used corded or cordless (20 hours), and the misting attachment can keep you up to 10 degrees cooler.—
Terri Williams,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Tires cording after only 50 laps is untenable, effectively forcing drivers to throttle back and run tight against the bottom, further limiting passing.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Zayn nearly passed out in the submission before ultimately grabbing the bottom rope.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Despite an extensive search by the sheriff’s office using air assets, ground searchers and rope teams, Brinkmeyer was not found and a decision was made to end search efforts.—
David Chiu,
People.com,
27 June 2025
Verb
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After the travel party’s homemade catamaran flipped, leaving the group to drift in the ocean for over 24 hours, Rockefeller strapped empty gasoline cans to his waist and swam for help.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter tour has helped inspire an obsession with all things Wild West this year — and her stop in Las Vegas (July 25 - 26) is the perfect excuse to strap on your spurs, or at least purchase a cowboy hat.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
28 June 2025
Verb
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The Senate begins its marathon debate about President Donald Trump's package of legislative priorities as Republicans try to thread the needle for tax cuts, Medicaid reforms and border security funding with a narrow majority.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
30 June 2025
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While the jumps across genre and time periods felt somewhat stuttered and inconsistent throughout the night, that theme of empowerment managed to thread things together, if a little precariously.—
Olivia Petty,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Around 61% of workers say that the climb up the corporate ladder feels outdated, with Gen Z and millennials just about tied at 65% and 62% respectively.—
Brit Morse,
Fortune,
24 June 2025
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The couple’s upcoming wedding in Venice is not unprecedented, as the floating city also hosted the wedding of George and Amal Clooney in 2014, when the two tied the knot at the Venice Town Hall.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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“Wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wire. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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