as in to cord
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Recent Examples of wire
Devan Díaz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Finishes range from classic looks to a wire brush texture as part of the company's vintage line.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
Jenny Anderson, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Their brains are wired to do things most human beings don’t appreciate and can’t do.
—Cale Clinton, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Jaxon Demme’s sculptures in the gallery’s center are princesses encased in chrome and wire, still waiting for the butterfly to arrive and the suffering to end.
—Devan Díaz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
Finishes range from classic looks to a wire brush texture as part of the company's vintage line.
—Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
Here’s a fact that’s important to remember: Kids are wired to want to learn.
—Jenny Anderson, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2025
Their brains are wired to do things most human beings don’t appreciate and can’t do.
—Cale Clinton, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wire
Noun
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What’s been learned Some of the documents already released have offered details on the way intelligence services operated at the time, including CIA cables and memos discussing visits by Oswald to the Soviet and Cuban embassies during a trip to Mexico City just weeks before the assassination.—
Jamie Stengle,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Mar. 2025
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The bridge’s makeover began in 2021, just before Biden’s bulb ban, when the necklace of lights dotting its swooping cables—mercury-vapor bulbs—was replaced with L.E.D.s.—
Diego Lasarte,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Do the most for the least tern in Huntington Beach Volunteers are needed 9 a.m. Saturday at Huntington State Beach to install cording along the fence around California least tern nests.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
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Some are flat like cleaning rags and others are corded and looped like a regular mop.—
Lauren Finney Harden,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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More than 100 people who were on it at the time were evacuated by ski patrollers who used ropes to lower them to the ground.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
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All branches must be in bundles smaller than 2 feet in diameter and 4 feet long and tied with twine or jute rope.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In the photos, which were obtained by Page Six, Bündchen strolled with her infant secured in a baby carrier strapped to her chest.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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That’s all well and good for the strapping extroverts, the clown-class veterans and the front-row-comedy sitters, but what about the rest of us?—
Anna Russell,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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My poor attempt at ice skating was overshadowed by the festive music that could be heard from a block away, and the fairy lights threaded around the perimeter of the average-sized rink.—
Brianna Taylor,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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Some Senate Democrats see the plan to vote for cloture but against final passage as a way to thread the needle, while others have argued that a vote on the short-term continuing resolution isn't for show.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The game was largely back and forth with nine lead changes and 5 times throughout the game the score was tied.—
Allison Smith,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Critics question the wisdom of tying America’s financial future to a purely speculative, highly volatile asset.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wire. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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