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Adjective
She gave a wan laugh.
she looks a little wan after all that tiring work
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David Quammen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2020
What seemed inventive and clever in the confines of a small off-Broadway theater feels utterly wan in its current incarnation.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2019
Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
To that end, the Orbi 870 offers some seriously beefy specs, like a 10GbE WAN port and four 2.5GbE LAN ports on each node.
—Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
If the land in question has been converted from agricultural fields to golf-course acreage, the net impact of those other factors might actually be lessened, but that’s a wan exculpation.
—David Quammen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2020
What seemed inventive and clever in the confines of a small off-Broadway theater feels utterly wan in its current incarnation.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2019
Noun
The main router has a 10-Gbps Ethernet WAN port, while both the router and its satellites have four 2.5-Gbps Ethernet LAN ports each.
—Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 9 Jan. 2025
To that end, the Orbi 870 offers some seriously beefy specs, like a 10GbE WAN port and four 2.5GbE LAN ports on each node.
—Chandra Steele, PCMAG, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Wan.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wan. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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