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verb

past tense of wire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wired
Adjective
Its Intelligent Edge segment offers wired and wireless local area networks, campus, branch, and data center switching, and others. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025 For Android and iOS mobile devices, substitute Bluetooth for the wired connection, and Polono's print app for the driver. PC Magazine, 10 May 2025 The new Advanced Protection Mode comes with Android 16, and will block dangerous downloads, unsafe wired and wireless connections, and risky browsing. Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025 The speaker housing is built from black plastic, with a rubber door on the rear that houses the ports and controls for the wired connections. PC Magazine, 23 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wired
Adjective
  • But behind the chants and cheering lies a troubled past.
    Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 31 May 2025
  • This year the American/JetBlue relationship became so troubled that American sued JetBlue.
    Ted Reed, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Williams tied a career high with four made 3-pointers, and Keon Johnson tied a career high with eight assists.
    C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2025
  • After the first quarter ended with the score tied at 22, the Jazz dominated the Heat 40-19 in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 21-point lead.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Santa Margarita 6, Huntington Beach 5: Chase Marlow singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning to give the Eagles an upset over Sunset League champion Huntington Beach.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2025
  • Tuchman and Chang also address fans who are particularly upset about Nick's arc this season.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 May 2025
Adjective
  • A lot went down on Thursday’s new episode of Hacks, but one of the most memorable moments was when Deborah Vance (played by Jean Smart) had an unexpected night out with her dutiful and high-strung assistant, Damien (played by Mark Indelicato).
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Others might be more high-strung, trying to live up to the older sibling's example or carve out their own identity.
    Emily Edlynn, Parents, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • It’s been nearly, well, 28 years since Danny Boyle gave zombie cinema a jittery digital makeover while irking the Romero faithful with his sprinting hordes of agile infected.
    A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 20 May 2025
  • If the pressure persists, tech, particularly hardware, could face a squeeze — from jittery investors to rising borrowing costs to potentially slower product cycles.
    Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • This premise bounds the scope of the rest of this discussion, knowing that the arguments for resuming the last three-quarters of a century into the future centuries have also been articulated in passionate public advocacy.
    Mung Chiang, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • Despite this notion’s connection with settlements and colonialism, its landscape also suggests a tabula rasa, bounding with potential to harness, beauty to reap, and the capability to inspire artistic creativity and love.
    David Katz, IndieWire, 18 May 2025
Adjective
  • Emily Gilmore uptight is still funny, but Emily Gilmore letting loose is a real sight.
    Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
  • The Oscars are your beloved but slightly uptight grandma; the Golden Globes are your fun cousin who sometimes gets a little too sloppy at parties, and the SAG Awards are your cool young aunt who knows how to have a good time but always keeps it classy.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The price of gold tends to move when markets get nervous – and so does the gold.
    Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
  • That said, one moment in the final episode did make Brashear nervous.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 22 May 2025

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.

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