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Recent Examples of socket
The wire led back behind the socket and into the wall.
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The patient pulled up the leg of his jeans and disconnected his metal ankle prosthesis from the socket.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
This condition can cause a tear in the labrum (the tissue that surrounds the socket), and a pinching of the joint.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
This is exactly what Intel didn't want with a major launch of a new CPU socket that requires a huge investment from would-be upgraders, especially of they were using older DDR4 memory in their current PCs (the Core Ultra 200-series requires DDR5 memory).
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
The patient pulled up the leg of his jeans and disconnected his metal ankle prosthesis from the socket.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
This condition can cause a tear in the labrum (the tissue that surrounds the socket), and a pinching of the joint.
—Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
This is exactly what Intel didn't want with a major launch of a new CPU socket that requires a huge investment from would-be upgraders, especially of they were using older DDR4 memory in their current PCs (the Core Ultra 200-series requires DDR5 memory).
—Antony Leather, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socket
Noun
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He was added to the 40-man roster after the 2021 season, made the opening day roster the next season and taxied between Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and the Yankees the last three years.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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Here’s a breakdown of the playoff overtime rules: A coin flip determines which team receives the opening kickoff.—
Austin Knoblauch,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
Noun
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A lot of people leave things in Laura’s room, in this little alcove.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Full of alcoves and cosy spaces, this is a great space for toasting achievements on the road to success.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
28 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Put on your rubber gloves, grab a scrubby sponge, a small bowl and baking soda.—
Cody Godwin,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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Transfer ¼ cup of the onion to a small bowl and set aside.—
Joe Yonan,
Saveur,
23 Jan. 2025
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Now that she’s become well known not only for her art and fashion, but for being a cleft advocate, speaking around the country about her experience with a cleft lip and palate, Glasses has been traveling a lot for personal appearances, which leaves precious little time for weaving.—
Booth Moore,
WWD,
29 Oct. 2024
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This bacteria is commonly carried in the nostrils, between the legs, in the armpits, and in the cleft between the buttocks.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
27 Sep. 2024
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And anyone who lived through the aughts will recognize True Religion’s telltale stitching across the back pockets of his baggy, low-slung jeans.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2025
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Along with the collar and cuffs, the tartan pattern was also seen on the buttons and lining of the pockets on Queen Camilla’s coat dress.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
21 Jan. 2025
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Photo : Simon Berlyn A seating nook can be found just off the den.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
21 Jan. 2025
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Zuber said telephone nooks can still be considered vintage rather than outdated.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
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The groundwater act, passed in 2014, aims to ensure a more sustainable use of groundwater after years of over-pumping, which depleted basins and eroded water quality in some rural areas.—
Lisa M. Krieger,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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From obscurity to fame Pandas once roamed a vast swath of China, along with parts of northern Myanmar and Vietnam, but human encroachment and climate change shrank the habitat of the bamboo-munching bears to just six mountain ranges above the Sichuan basin, deep in China’s hinterland.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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In the last decade, fleets of water trucks came to fill the gap, delivering emergency water shipments from nearby valleys.—
Sammy Feldblum,
The Dial,
30 Jan. 2025
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Studies show that the state’s agricultural valley is consuming twice as much groundwater as nature is returning through rain and snow.—
Lisa M. Krieger,
The Mercury News,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socket. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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