How to Use pass-through in a Sentence

pass-through

noun
  • There’s also a USB-C port on the left side of the spine for pass-through charging.
    Nick Guy, wsj.com, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The pass-through penalty dropped him from second to 17th.
    Mark Long, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
  • The bag has nine pockets with room to grow and a pass-through grommet for power drill cords.
    Jessica Comstock, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2023
  • The two-time Cup champion had qualified on the front row and had to serve a pass-through penalty.
    Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Use this bag solo as a weekender or use its pass-through strap to slide over a suitcase handle.
    Molly Harris, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2023
  • These quick-drying shoes feature full, open-mesh on the tops and sides, plus holes in the sole for excellent water pass-through.
    Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But perhaps most useful and exciting are the two pass-through ratchets (one ¼-inch and one 3/8-inch drive).
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2023
  • In pass-through spaces: Sometimes, the smaller areas in your home need the most love and attention.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The headset will support VR as well as offer a pass-through mode to add AR elements, said the report.
    Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • What about the second reason the state gave for the revenue decline: a fall-off in taxes paid by pass-through entities?
    Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
  • It also is designed for a pass-through transducer for fish finders, and the hull is self-bailing.
    Jerry Audet, Field & Stream, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The second floor, with nine-foot ceilings, has a primary bedroom suite with two walk-in closets and a pass-through to the en suite bathroom.
    Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The backpack has even more pockets on the exterior, as well as a luggage trolley pass-through.
    Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The network or the movie studio is just a pass-through entity for their creativity.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 June 2023
  • Like Meta’s Quest headset, Apple uses (impressive) pass-through video tech so that the wearer can still opt to see the outside world through the goggles.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The problem is this pass-through doesn’t work particularly well.
    Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Beautiful Cottonwood Heights should be a destination, not a pass-through on the way to a ski resort.
    Blake Apgar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2023
  • All of our picks have pass-through charging, enabling you to charge the power bank and your iPhone simultaneously.
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2023
  • To accommodate long-term tenants, Cooke installed a washer and dryer in the pass-through bathroom, which connects the bedroom to the living area and kitchen.
    Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Its pass-through console design provides more storage room.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 17 July 2023
  • Plus, there’s a removable shoulder strap, top handles, and a trolley pass-through sleeve to give you carrying options.
    Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 8 July 2023
  • This sizable sedan can also turn in a circle of less than 35 feet, and its longish tail provides a 17-cubic-foot trunk that also contains a pass-through to the rear seat with a watertight ski bootie.
    Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 7 Aug. 2023
  • There’s also a removable, adjustable shoulder strap and a trolley pass-through for rollerboards.
    Austa Somvichian-Clausen, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Any pass-through insurance would cover losses if the bank or credit union failed but not if the payment-app company went under, the CFPB said.
    Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2023
  • My approach was to adapt an idea used in some pass-through systems, placing ambient microphones on the outside of sound-isolating headphones.
    IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Another project was to turn a former pass-through between the home's kitchen and dining room into a display area for a collection of antique firearms and family photos.
    Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2024
  • As for Ambient Sound control, each of these models offer fader adjustments for the ambient mics and a voice pass-through setting that emphasizes speech.
    Tim Gideon, PCMAG, 26 July 2023
  • The cost is a direct pass-through — meaning if a California utility pays, say, $1 for natural gas in the commodity market, that’s what customers pay.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Photograph: Meta Its optics have been improved too, which is important for the mixed-reality experience—the ability to see the real world around you via pass-through video.
    WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Behind the sleek concession stand, discreet pass-through doors camouflage clutter like popcorn machines.
    Pat Saperstein, Variety, 1 Nov. 2023

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