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verb

past tense of wire

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of wired
Adjective
The pair were indicted on 12 counts of bank and wired fraud, tax evasion and conspiracy in 2019 and went to prison in January 2023. Michelle Lee, People.com, 25 June 2025 In addition to taking up less counter space than wired alternatives, cordless water flossers can also be easier to use. Alexis Berger, SELF, 23 June 2025 Interestingly, this phone will bring back two features many handsets no longer have: microSD support and a 3.5mm headphone jack for wired headphones. James Peckham, PC Magazine, 16 June 2025 Its Intelligent Edge segment (15.04%) offers wired and wireless local area networks. Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wired
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wired
Adjective
  • In 2023, a significant disruption to the project put one game mode in jeopardy, foreshadowing a more troubled development than anyone initially imagined.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
  • With multiple open betas and a long, troubled development history, it’s taken a good while for the game to find its feet, but Mecha Break is now finally available to play on general release.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • After the first quarter ended with the score tied at 22, the Jazz dominated the Heat 40-19 in the second quarter to enter halftime with a 21-point lead.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • What changed at Sharon Place and why are owners upset? Sharon Place, which includes over 70 condos, has always had a pet weight limit written into its governing documents, Emehel said.
    Nora O’Neill July 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2025
  • With less than 30 seconds to go in the game, and both teams tied at 77, Reese walked off the court visibly upset during a timeout.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Vest has always been high-strung, prone to wearing emotion on his sleeve.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • This was also long before Emily Blunt was a household name, so the sass and high-strung nature of her character felt fresh.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Darvish has handled the October pressure well since his former Rangers colleague, Padres president of baseball operations A.J. Preller, advantaged by a rising payroll at a time when Cubs ownership was made jittery by the pandemic, got him ahead of the 2021 season via a lopsided trade.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2025
  • Paul Monreal is a fourth-great-grandchild of Catherine and Patrick O’Leary, who endured the enmity of Chicagoans after they were wrongfully accused of starting the Great Chicago Fire, which legend said was started by a jittery dairy cow named Daisy.
    William Lee, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2025
Verb
  • This can include exploding upward with a vertical jump, bounding side to side, or swiftly changing directions.
    Jenny McCoy, SELF, 15 July 2025
  • Thanks to his coveted slot, Young bounds up the charts in the United Kingdom, as such a coveted slot can lead to a huge uptick in consumption.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Two of them—Bertha Russell on The Gilded Age and Gloria Burgle on Fargo—have earned her Emmy nominations, and that number seems likely to grow thanks to her delicious performance as Laurie, an uptight workaholic in the midst of a midlife crisis in The White Lotus season three.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 23 June 2025
  • In addition to all of the actors named above, Sherry Cola pops up as Sam’s work pal, Nadine, and Anna Chlumsky as Betsy’s uptight, passive-aggressive future sister-in-law, Virginia.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 16 June 2025
Adjective
  • Then there's the real world, which is entirely different, so in reality people have nothing to be nervous about.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 12 July 2025
  • The odds of a recession may be falling, but states appear to be betting that corporate leaders are still nervous.
    Scott Cohn, CNBC, 12 July 2025

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“Wired.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wired. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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