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wired

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verb

past tense of wire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wired
Adjective
Featuring wireless and wired modes, a 1000Hz polling rate, adjustable actuation and support for up to three devices. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 But while most Americans have a choice of wireless carriers, the selection of wired residential providers on any block is much smaller. Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 23 Jan. 2025 Many portable printers are small enough to fit in a travel bag and are battery-powered, so there's no wired setup necessary. Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 10 Jan. 2025 OnePlus' wired and wireless charging speeds continue to lead the category. PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wired
Adjective
  • Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Europe’s troubled luxury sector is showing signs of revival after an upbeat earnings season.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2025
  • More bluntly – and, journalistically, more truthfully, accurately, and appropriately – these are troubled times, chaotic times.
    Eli Amdur, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The Jaguars are notably 3-9 in one-score games — tied for the most such losses in one season in the Super Bowl era, according to ESPN Stats and Information.
    Scott Phillips, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • And the charge Jones drew on Bogdan Bogdanović with 1:53 remaining set the table for the Bulls to attempt — and, ultimately, fail — to pull off the upset win.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
  • The flip side to that is that an upset loss to either would be a death blow.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Her perception of things is a lot more high-strung than mine.
    Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
Adjective
  • Traders are bracing for the release of January’s jobs report on Friday, which could inject some more volatility into an already jittery market.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Foreign investors are already jittery about today’s political crisis.
    Victor Cha, Fortune Asia, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The backyard was bounded by Westgate Parkway, with a large parking lot and busy shopping center just behind the home, and an industrial business park just to the south.
    Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The three-legged Boston Terrier bounds with the speed of a jackrabbit.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • His workarounds are ingenious and very funny, and his biggest changes see a playful inversion of traditionally uptight Asian stereotypes.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
  • Dreux and Alyssa have what looks like a familiar dynamic: Dreux the uptight one in search of control, Alyssa the loosey-goosey one urging her friend to worry less.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Atop all this, Floria is charged with supervising nervous, error-prone student nurse Amelie (Selma) — tempers fray as precious time runs out.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • In the final round, a nervous Castle missed his first four dunk attempts for his first dunk of the round, before finishing with pizzaz on a between-the-legs up-and-under one-handed flush.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 16 Feb. 2025

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.

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