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Definition of wirednext

wired

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verb

past tense of wire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wired
Adjective
For drivers seeking simplicity, the coin-sized MINI Cube converts any wired car connection to reliable wireless. New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2025 As for wired charging, leaker Ice Universe reports the S26 Ultra could get up to 60W speeds, a big jump from 45W on the S25 Ultra. PC Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025 The set-up, with its romantic tensions still cross-wired after all these years, seems promising. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025 There is no good reason to automatically allow wired connections when unlocked. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wired
Adjective
  • In the past decade, his more scattershot discography has similarly seemed to reflect his troubled state of mind.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Azabal plays Layal, a tightly wound Arabic professor whose troubled teenage son Daniel (Zolghadri) is expelled from high school, prompting her to escort him from Indiana to California to live with his estranged father.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Two minutes later, the star Colombian midfielder threaded a through ball to Anthony Markanich, but the Loons’ left back chipped the ball over the net.
    Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • But another penalty led to the equalizer, when UMD’s Hunter Anderson got threaded a cross-ice pass for a wide-open look and wristed a goal to the top right shelf.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Then an acrobatic layup by Evans tied it — and the chase was on.
    CBS News, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The Big Ten had a league-record six teams reach the Sweet 16 and now has tied the tournament record with four teams in the Elite Eight, increasing its chances of breaking through for the league's first title in more than a quarter-century.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Virginia made one last push, cutting TCU’s lead to 65-55, but the Horned Frogs quickly delivered the knockout blow as Miles knocked down a 3 and Suarez hit sophomore center Clara Silva for a layup to end Virginia’s hopes of another upset.
    Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In the video of the altercation, which was broken into clips and cross-posted across social media platforms, Peters and the woman are hanging out when Lentz arrives, upset.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • The same is true of Sonny and Sal, his high-strung henchman.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The scheme shocks their high-strung son Harold (Roberts), whose wife, Neha (Gill), is a local police officer.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
  • The resulting works were breathtaking, immersing the viewer in luminous veils of paint that swept across the canvas, seeming to splash back up from the bottom, creating an enveloping sense of tranquility and awe that pushed against the jittery energy of Abstract Expressionism.
    News Desk, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
  • As Alpha waits for the results of blood tests, she is startled by the sudden appearance of a gaunt, jittery stranger in their apartment.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • In some species the nipples are fully exposed or are bounded by mere remnants of a pouch.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The territory is roughly bounded by Interstate 10 on the south and west and Loop 410 to the north and east.
    Brandon Lingle, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2026

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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