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adapters for the food mixer include a meat grinder and an ice cream maker
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Common oversights include everything from not packing a universal adapter to lacking the right outfit for events like high tea or a night out at the theater.
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
These adapters translate real-time data into the same internal format used for WeatherMesh’s training data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
The motor has five speeds and is charged using a USB-C cable and an AC adapter, neither of which is included in the box.
—PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Those ports can be used to play additional titles and, with the right adapter, to connect original Intellivision controllers.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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Kristin Braswell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
These adapters translate real-time data into the same internal format used for WeatherMesh’s training data.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
The motor has five speeds and is charged using a USB-C cable and an AC adapter, neither of which is included in the box.
—PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2025
Those ports can be used to play additional titles and, with the right adapter, to connect original Intellivision controllers.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Adapter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adapter. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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adapter
noun
adapt·er
variants
also adaptor
1
: someone or something that adapts
2
a
: a device for connecting two parts (as of different diameters) of a usually larger device
b
: an attachment for adapting a device for uses not originally intended
Medical Definition
adapter
noun
adapt·er
variants
also adaptor
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