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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
The house arrives with a pre-wired electrical system, which includes lighting, switches, sockets, and ventilation. Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2026 Brightspeed is often one of the few wired alternatives in rural zones. Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025 As for wired charging, leaker Ice Universe reports the S26 Ultra could get up to 60W speeds, a big jump from 45W on the S25 Ultra. PC Magazine, 11 Nov. 2025 The set-up, with its romantic tensions still cross-wired after all these years, seems promising. Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wired
Adjective
  • But, in the end, the artists – who’d been out there alone, navigating the same troubled waters – understood the potential.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Four people were wounded early Sunday in a shooting at a troubled Queens nightclub with a history of violence and murder.
    John Annese, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The music and sound are pushed up right against the dialogue, and Lange, in particular, threaded the sound of a heart monitor to guide us through the wormhole that is the surgery.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Making our way to compatibility, all three Mission 1s go with all of GoPro's existing mounts – magnetic, conventional, and threaded.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Dickinson appeared somewhere between perturbed and seething.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The 9-17 start is also tied for the 12th worst start through this point in franchise history.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The swinging bunt tied the game at 1-1.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • The Brooklyn grandmom was upset that the women were allowing their dogs to defecate in an empty lot next to her property, her son told the Daily News at the time.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • My mom was very upset that the inheritance was not divided up equally and asked me several times why my portion would be so much larger.
    R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Played with blistering sarcasm by Emily Blunt, the high-strung Runway magazine assistant had many of the most crackling one-liners in the original 2006 film.
    Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • In episode three, that perfect fit is Benito Skinner, who plays a high-strung costume designer named Carter who wears Valerie down with a visual and spiritual assault on caftans on the set of her new sitcom.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
Adjective
  • Oil markets remain jittery, however.
    Katrina Bishop, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The youth sports world is now a wild, emotionally jittery and expensive realm.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The project area is bounded by the Midlothian Turnpike, Central Avenue, 147th Street and Lamon Avenue.
    Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After all, in Game 3, Banchero made a game-clinching 3 in the final minute that bounded high off the back of the rim and miraculously fell through.
    Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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