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a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things a mass of cables connecting the office computers to the main server

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Recent Examples on the Web Lemire is the rare cable news anchor who signed a new deal without a pay cut. Mike Allen, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024 The clasp is then removed, and the cable is retracted back up out of the way. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 27 Oct. 2024 Since 2019, cord-cutting has robbed the Diamond RSNs of as many as 25 million subscribers, and the headlong rush to uncouple from the traditional cable/satellite/telco-TV bundle is only accelerating. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 18 Oct. 2024 Disney is home for the new incarnation of another signature NBCU cable reality series, E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for cable 

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“Cable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cable. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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