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Recent Examples of wires
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Modern qubit circuits have more knobs and wires and things, but that’s just how to tune the levels, how to couple or entangle them.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
After all, wires help support and lift.
—Gabriela Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
To support that effort, scientists at Durham University in the United Kingdom recently concluded a testing program on 5,500 superconducting wires needed for ITER’s magnetic confinement system.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Firefighters were dispatched at least 47 times to Altadena during the month of January in response to electrical issues, like wires down or arcing, the Los Angeles County Fire Department data shows.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
But Edison’s bulb was just one piece of a much more complicated system that included an efficient dynamo – the powerful machine that generated electricity – plus a network of underground wires and new types of lamps.
—Ernest Freeberg, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Pinning blame for starting fire The civil case aimed to pin blame on Xcel and the two telecommunications companies whose equipment was located near the utility company’s electrical conductors and wires.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
That day, the sentencing memo says a clerk at the federal courthouse in Anchorage received a manila envelope with Summerlin’s former name on it and opened it, finding wires inside, the sentencing memo says.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Verb
No cords or wires will be spilling out thanks to the organization slots at the back of this media unit that stealthily corral them at the back.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Modern qubit circuits have more knobs and wires and things, but that’s just how to tune the levels, how to couple or entangle them.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
After all, wires help support and lift.
—Gabriela Garcia, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
To support that effort, scientists at Durham University in the United Kingdom recently concluded a testing program on 5,500 superconducting wires needed for ITER’s magnetic confinement system.
—Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
Firefighters were dispatched at least 47 times to Altadena during the month of January in response to electrical issues, like wires down or arcing, the Los Angeles County Fire Department data shows.
—Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
But Edison’s bulb was just one piece of a much more complicated system that included an efficient dynamo – the powerful machine that generated electricity – plus a network of underground wires and new types of lamps.
—Ernest Freeberg, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025
Pinning blame for starting fire The civil case aimed to pin blame on Xcel and the two telecommunications companies whose equipment was located near the utility company’s electrical conductors and wires.
—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 25 Sep. 2025
That day, the sentencing memo says a clerk at the federal courthouse in Anchorage received a manila envelope with Summerlin’s former name on it and opened it, finding wires inside, the sentencing memo says.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wires
Noun
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The flap that folds out at the front has a zippered mesh pouch for stashing your charging cables and electronic accessories, and on the outside of the bag are even more additional pockets.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Oct. 2025
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Longer cables mean more weight, which reduces speed, payload capacity, and range.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The vultures' dwellings also held ropes, horse tack and thousands of bone fragments and eggshells.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Flux ropes in the solar wind range from 3,000 to 6 million miles in width.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Thinking of patriotism this way ties it more closely to solidarity.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
13 Oct. 2025
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By the end, only one of the assassins is alive; Brian ties him to a tree and slaps him around a bit, demanding to know who hired him.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Once a utility choice for skaters drawn to their board grip, the style now threads between streetwear, luxury, and off-duty dressing.—
Maggie Clancy,
Footwear News,
27 Sep. 2025
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Mortality threads through much of his Country!—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Wires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wires. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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