How to Use plug and play in a Sentence

plug and play

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  • His 3-and-D skill set is plug and play for a team like the Trail Blazers.
    Sean Meagher | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, 13 June 2019
  • He was thought to be ready to plug and play on defence from day one, and this has largely come to fruition.
    Mark Deeks, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Stephens is the sort of plug and play player that could see the field early during the 2018 season.
    Jason Gold Diehards, ajc, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Two wired controllers are included, and the console is ready to plug and play right out of the box.
    CNN Underscored, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Vera-Tucker is one of the safest picks in the draft and figures to be a ‘plug and play’ guy from the day he’s drafted.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • This is how much a drama, this is how much a comedy is, and it’s a lot of plug and play.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Rising can't afford to play plug and play on the backline all season long.
    Edwin Perez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Smith is a free agent and would make for a smart utility player to keep on hand in case he is needed to plug and play again.
    Jim Owczarski, Cincinnati.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The bins make everything plug and play, so cleaning up isn't a horrible task.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2020
  • More important, both — ready-made, plug and play stars — would continue to thrive after he is gone.
    New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • The wireless is easy to use thanks to the plug and play USB adapter and the battery easily lasted enough for a few marathon sessions before needing a good charge.
    Nicole Carpenter, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2019
  • His ability to plug and play is reminiscent of what Logan Mankins and Joe Thuney did at the same spot.
    Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
  • Philadelphia has built a successful core and is able to plug and play new pieces in around it for what should be a successful run.
    Nat Newell, Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2018
  • Escort allows drivers to simply plug and play right into the 12-volt outlet.
    Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2022
  • There are essentially three types of hot tubs: inflatable, plug and play, and standard.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Sivaram and his team include a draft executive order in the report so the next administration can just plug and play.
    Leslie Kaufman, Bloomberg.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • With partners, Qualcomm on Wednesday announced a plug and play IoT platform service sold as a subscription.
    Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2020
  • It can be ordered for $1200, though prospective buyers should remember that buying a home charger for your EV is not exactly plug and play.
    Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 26 Oct. 2022
  • This tells us that newer merchants favor PSPs that understand them and can plug and play quickly, while providing them with a strong platform to build and expand their business.
    Jordan McKee, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Lack of plug and play with commercial off-the-shelf solution accelerators.
    Chandra Gundlapalli, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • The platform because of its rapid plug and play technology can be easily adapted to deal with mutations in the virus, such as those already occurring.
    Ramakrishnan Narayanan, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Retro gaming consoles are often smaller versions of their original versions, which is great for storage and easy to plug and play into a television set.
    Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Years ago, this category would have been plug and play, but with so many incredible veg-friendly options popping up all over town, it’s gotten to be a real challenge.
    Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2021
  • The Oklahoma Sooners, with three Heisman-winning quarterbacks — including the most recent one — plug and play at that position.
    Carlos Mendez, star-telegram, 11 Jan. 2018
  • Soccer is no longer plug and play; there are attacking patterns to learn, movements to memorize, pressing triggers to internalize.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Ryan Ramczyk brought up Easton’s intelligence as a key factor in his ability to plug and play wherever he’s needed.
    Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • All the solutions offered on Siemens Xcelerator are plug and play, interoperable, and modular.
    Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022
  • The centerpiece is a rotary-wing aircraft simulator/mock-up with a digital backbone architecture that allows plug and play flexibility for different capabilities and systems integration combinations.
    Eric Tegler, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021

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