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Recent Examples of wires
Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
But much of the connectivity inside AI servers and racks currently travels along copper wires, limiting speed and increasing energy costs.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 May 2026
The design allows the LCS to operate in shallower coastal waters and avoid getting tangled in wires or cables, like those that might tether mines.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
The actress revealed on a recent episode of Hot Ones that Cruise once uttered a truly iconic sentence when the pair were stuck on wires shooting a mentally and physically painful sequence for their 2014 sci-fi film.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Via handheld camera, the scientist directs us to the ad hoc headquarters where his team has set up, a desk strewn with floppy disks and wires, cords spewing from the backs of oversized computer processors.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
Despite being tethered to equipment with wires and tubes, the little boy managed to stand up near his wheelchair long enough to toss her a ball.
—Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
OpenClaw is an open framework that wires models into real work.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Comcast uses wires that were buried under your street sometime between the American Revolution and the invention of the salad fork, and has way more customers than Starlink.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 23 May 2026
Noun
At that time, LADWP workers were replacing old wooden power poles with new steel poles, replacing power wires to improve fire resistance and widening roads to enable the fire department to increase access.
—Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
But much of the connectivity inside AI servers and racks currently travels along copper wires, limiting speed and increasing energy costs.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 29 May 2026
The design allows the LCS to operate in shallower coastal waters and avoid getting tangled in wires or cables, like those that might tether mines.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
The actress revealed on a recent episode of Hot Ones that Cruise once uttered a truly iconic sentence when the pair were stuck on wires shooting a mentally and physically painful sequence for their 2014 sci-fi film.
—Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026
Via handheld camera, the scientist directs us to the ad hoc headquarters where his team has set up, a desk strewn with floppy disks and wires, cords spewing from the backs of oversized computer processors.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
Despite being tethered to equipment with wires and tubes, the little boy managed to stand up near his wheelchair long enough to toss her a ball.
—Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026
OpenClaw is an open framework that wires models into real work.
—Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
Comcast uses wires that were buried under your street sometime between the American Revolution and the invention of the salad fork, and has way more customers than Starlink.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 23 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wires
Noun
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Find everything from portable mini fans that make hot-weather sightseeing more comfortable to compact power banks with built-in charging cables, eliminating the need to pack extra cords.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
4 June 2026
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These tubes serve as stabilizing cables that allow flexible fibrous trunks to withstand hurricane-force winds.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
4 June 2026
Noun
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The night of round trippers started when Duran and Ceddanne hit back-to-back homers in the first inning, sending ropes to opposite sides of the field to put Boston in front 2-0.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
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Move away from water, and avoid wet ropes.—
Bill Kearney,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2026
Verb
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In a chilling sequence, Dennis ties a garbage bag over Mallory’s head and drags her into the woods.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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The imbalance ties the hands of states trying to do what is fairest and allows states that don’t have commissions to change their maps and thus potentially their election outcomes.—
The Editorial Board,
Daily News,
29 May 2026
Verb
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The rest lived in someone's memory, in the institutional knowledge of whoever had been there longest or in old email threads no one wanted to dig through.—
Omer Qureshi,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Throughout this dense and always engrossing survey of Lean’s career in film, Thompson threads the vicissitudes of the director’s personal life, spanning six wives and various other relationships and flings.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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“Wires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wires. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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