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Recent Examples of wires
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 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
The utility does earn a regulated profit from delivery services of electricity, which are fees intended to cover maintaining poles, wires and pipes as well as services like handling billing and responding to outages and emergencies.
—Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
So this will be a big week for quarterback hunting on the waiver wires.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Seal areas where cable TV wires, phone lines, and other utility wires and pipes, outdoor facets, dryer vents and similar objects enter buildings.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Hang each faux window on wires looped over hooks for easy installation year after year.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Verb
It is interwoven with ultra-thin conductive wires less than a millimeter in diameter.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 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
The utility does earn a regulated profit from delivery services of electricity, which are fees intended to cover maintaining poles, wires and pipes as well as services like handling billing and responding to outages and emergencies.
—Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2025
So this will be a big week for quarterback hunting on the waiver wires.
—Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 21 Sep. 2025
Seal areas where cable TV wires, phone lines, and other utility wires and pipes, outdoor facets, dryer vents and similar objects enter buildings.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Hang each faux window on wires looped over hooks for easy installation year after year.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wires
Noun
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The vehicles have been designed to reduce troop exposure by automating dangerous roles like laying fiber-optic communication cables.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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Instead, climbers take a via ferrata set—two large carabiners that attach to the harness with a shock absorber—then clip these carabiners to the safety cables.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Published in December 2024, The Tiger Slam delivers a gripping, inside-the-ropes account of an astonishing streak of victories that left Woods’ rivals scrambling to keep up.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
26 Sep. 2025
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Two of the figures — dressed in red hats, black shirts, khaki pants and black masks — are seen hanging from ropes around their necks on a wooden gallows topped with a Mexican flag, FNTV video shows.—
Sophia Compton,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The leadoff round-tripper was the 11th hit this season by Buxton, which ties Jacque Jones (2002) for the Twins’ club record.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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Fall Mug for Everyday Cheer A seasonal mug is a practical gift that also ties the basket together.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mortality threads through much of his Country!—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
26 Sep. 2025
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Having its world premiere in Official Selection in San Sebastián, this is the latest by Goya-winning director and leading Pompeu Fabra University export Guerin, whose work famously threads the lines between fiction and non-fiction.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Wires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wires. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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