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Recent Examples of socket
The left and right channels are amplified and passed to standard RCA audio sockets.
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2024
The shoulder joint capsule is basically a pocket of strong ligaments and lubricating synovial fluid that anchors and stabilizes the upper arm bone within the shoulder socket.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 29 Jan. 2025
But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2025
Electrical outlets in cruise ship staterooms are often hard to come by, and this flat power strip opens up more options for plugging in with regular sockets and USB-A and C ports.
—Terri Peters, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
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IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2024
The shoulder joint capsule is basically a pocket of strong ligaments and lubricating synovial fluid that anchors and stabilizes the upper arm bone within the shoulder socket.
—Amy Norton, SELF, 29 Jan. 2025
But in fact these dental alveolar syndesmoses (technical speak for the tiny ligamentous joint between the tooth and jaw socket) move all the time.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 25 Jan. 2025
Electrical outlets in cruise ship staterooms are often hard to come by, and this flat power strip opens up more options for plugging in with regular sockets and USB-A and C ports.
—Terri Peters, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socket
Noun
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While the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University in Mantua Township, N.J. has been busy with digging up the past, its future is now set with an opening date.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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This statement in the opening paragraph led me to believe that evidence supporting those points would soon be revealed.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The space is broken into five main sections, with private rooms, semi-private booths hidden in elaborate alcoves, a full bar slinging yuzu lemon drops and even a sushi bar.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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The footage shows a living room setting with two arched minimalist alcove spaces along a wall, decorated with just a couple of lamps.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Alongside poke bowls and the sport of surfing, the plate lunch has become one of the hallmarks of the fiftieth state.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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Bovard says to adhere to the following technique: On the top rack, cups and bowls should face down toward the wash arms.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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Valproic acid causes birth defects that can be detected in utero such as oral clefts or spina bifida.—
Almut Winterstein,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2025
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Now that she’s become well known not only for her art and fashion, but for being a cleft advocate, speaking around the country about her experience with a cleft lip and palate, Glasses has been traveling a lot for personal appearances, which leaves precious little time for weaving.—
Booth Moore,
WWD,
29 Oct. 2024
Noun
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There are pockets for those poor, icy hands of yours.—
Dave Schilling,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Gregg prescribes periodic breaks from his luscious phrases; the dancers to step out completely or simply turn away and put their hands in their pockets.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The kitchen has penny tile floors, and between the dining room and breakfast nook is an original stained glass window.—
Angela Serratore,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Start your morning with coffee in the sunlit kitchen with breakfast nook.—
Bruce Castleberry,
Boston Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Schrodinger basin, a large impact crater near the moon’s south pole, shows evidence of geologically recent volcanic activity.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2025
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Of particular concern are the giant reservoirs of the Colorado River basin, Lakes Mead and Powell, which remain far below capacity.—
Doyle Rice,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The lithium in the brine beneath the brilliant white Atacama salt flat, which stretches out across the valley floor, has become a global resource.—
John Bartlett,
NPR,
23 Feb. 2025
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In a video from February 2017, Bishop shows off the compound, pointing out fruit trees and a cluster of tents pitched on a knoll overlooking a green valley.—
David Peisner,
Rolling Stone,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socket. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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