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Recent Examples of wires
Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
To limit the number of stray wires on your desk, this lamp includes ports for both USB and USB-C charging cables.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
This tech sends information from sensors to a computer which then sends commands to motors through electrical wires.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
The Bills will likely scour the transaction wires in the event a usable depth corner becomes available.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
According to city guidelines, holiday greenery and garlands are not accepted as yard waste because of possible metal wires and decorations.
—St. Paul Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
Glass and other fragile items can break, and wires may be damaged by pests or moisture.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
Topping off this defensive cloak is an unruly yet exquisitely conceived mesh of wires, festooned with a kaleidoscopic phalanx of buttons.
—Alex Jovanovich, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2026
Made with plush ingredients like fleece, flannel, or cotton, electric blankets are just like regular throws but with wires woven into the fabric that generate heat.
—Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
State audits in 2025 of PG&E substations in the Bay Area that found problems including missing fire extinguishers, oil leaks, non-functional cooling fans, loose wires, holes where bolts should be, and birds nesting in electrical equipment.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for wires
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This should include extra blankets, clothes, food, water, jumping cables, chargers and sand, for starters.—
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With a wireless mouse, on the other hand, there is no tugging or pulling on cables.—
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Rescuers used ropes to recover his body from a rockpile below the viewpoint, deputies said.—
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The crews used ropes to pull the man's body from the canyon.—
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Colin Farrell reprised his role as Oz Cobb on HBO's The Penguin, which ties into the events of The Batman Part II.—
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An insurgency that ties the United States down in Venezuela would delight Beijing and Russia.—
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What threads them is an insistence, maybe even a stubbornness, that shopping still belongs in the physical world.—
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Once her nose is in place, Elvira gets an eyelash transplant whereby the same doctor threads fake lashes through her lower eyelid.—
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“Wires.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wires. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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