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a length of braided, flexible material that is used for tying or connecting things
a mass of cables connecting the office computers to the main server
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And other potential targets abound in the Red Sea, including at least 14 underwater data cables (almost as many as run across the northern Atlantic).
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Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
In addition to the data pipes, Thunderbolt 5 also has the ability to transfer electrical current, similar to how USB-C cables work to charge devices.
—PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Among the country's exports are power tools, cables, connectors and high-quality fillings and false teeth.
—Elizabeth Palmer, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
One pro-Moscow Telegram channel said Russian forces are using first-person view (FPV) drones with fiber optic cables to counter Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Pack a headlight, gloves, boots with great traction like Danner’s Mountain 600 EVO, and consider bringing a harness to safely connect to the cables and make the last 400-foot ascent.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Two doors on either side also conceal unsightly tech, with cutouts at the back that discreetly corral cables.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
Workers process electronic products such as data cables at an electronics factory in the Guangdong-Guangxi Cooperative Industrial Park in Rongan county, Liuzhou city, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on April 8, 2025.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
The crews working on electric vehicles disconnected the voltage cables to air bags and seat belts, sawed off the tops of the cars, and flipped the vehicles over to access the battery packs underneath.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
In addition to the data pipes, Thunderbolt 5 also has the ability to transfer electrical current, similar to how USB-C cables work to charge devices.
—PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Among the country's exports are power tools, cables, connectors and high-quality fillings and false teeth.
—Elizabeth Palmer, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2025
One pro-Moscow Telegram channel said Russian forces are using first-person view (FPV) drones with fiber optic cables to counter Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) systems.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Pack a headlight, gloves, boots with great traction like Danner’s Mountain 600 EVO, and consider bringing a harness to safely connect to the cables and make the last 400-foot ascent.
—Wendy Altschuler, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Two doors on either side also conceal unsightly tech, with cutouts at the back that discreetly corral cables.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 8 Apr. 2025
Workers process electronic products such as data cables at an electronics factory in the Guangdong-Guangxi Cooperative Industrial Park in Rongan county, Liuzhou city, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region on April 8, 2025.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025
The crews working on electric vehicles disconnected the voltage cables to air bags and seat belts, sawed off the tops of the cars, and flipped the vehicles over to access the battery packs underneath.
—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Cables.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cables. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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