How to Use plug-in in a Sentence

plug-in

1 of 2 adjective
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  • Got a great idea for a Stream Deck plug-in but don’t want to give it away for free?
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 5 July 2023
  • While the base is powered through a plug-in cord, the removable jar is made to take on the go.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Six years prior, EVs and plug-in hybrids’ share was less than two-tenths of 1%.
    — Victoria Stavish, Baltimore Sun, 18 Sep. 2023
  • That’s small by EV standards, even tiny for your average plug-in, but the point here isn’t range.
    — Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 12 Apr. 2023
  • But its founder thinks a ChatGPT plug-in may be the route to salvation.
    — Alan Murray, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • For less than $10, these small, plug-in LED night lights will guide the way to the toilet without the feeling of staring into the sun.
    — Brittany Chrusciel, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2023
  • One of these plug-in air fresheners will keep a dorm room smelling good, and each scent refill lasts for over a month.
    — Lisa Lombardi, wsj.com, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The Prius Prime, which was introduced in 2012, is the plug-in version of the popular hybrid.
    — Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 10 Apr. 2023
  • But that plug-in was not used in Millière’s demonstration.
    — George Musser, Scientific American, 11 May 2023
  • That means Google could build a plug-in for the Widgets board that shows content from Google News, for example.
    — Tom Warren, The Verge, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Instead of a cord connecting directly to the iron, the iron sits on a plug-in charging base.
    — Good Housekeeping, 6 May 2023
  • In the meantime, dealers say the Jeep 4xe plug-in hybrids have been popular.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Other than the ease of using it, the plug-in trap has plenty of other great qualities.
    — Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Aug. 2023
  • What about that plug-in coffee mug to keep your morning fuel piping hot?
    — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 6 May 2023
  • Roku's user-friendly plug-in box is on sale at Walmart for a sizable $27 off the base retail price.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Once more unto the breach, the 2023 Prius Prime plug-in hybrid arrives in May to defend its maker’s honor.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Lincoln sells a plug-in hybrid version of the compact Corsair SUV.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The band joked about adding a neighing horse to the intro, and Rimes quickly inserted that sound from his plug-in collection.
    — Tom Roland, Billboard, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The first plug-in Panameras, introduced midway through the first-gen car's life span, carried just 9.4 kWH of lithium-ion.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
  • WordPress is getting a sleek new AI plug-in that can generate and edit text.
    — James Vincent, The Verge, 7 June 2023
  • OpenAI released a plug-in this year that enabled its chatbot to surf the web through Microsoft’s Bing.
    — Olivia Wang, New York Times, 14 July 2023
  • The plug-in is easily the most powerful Cayenne yet, with over 700 horses lurking under the hood.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Make your space glow all semester with these delicate plug-in string lights.
    — Sienna Livermore, House Beautiful, 10 July 2023
  • Efficiency-wise, plug-in hybrids lose most of their appeal on a long road trip.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Light buzzing can happen with plug-in and hardwired fixtures, so your lamp or chandelier could be the culprit.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 26 July 2023
  • Zero emissions is a key selling point of any plug-in vehicle.
    — Naoki Nitta, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Apr. 2023
  • To enable Codon to work with these different domains, the team developed a plug-in system.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Keep in Mind Even though the cord is lengthy, your movements are naturally limited with a plug-in model.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Essentially a plug-in hybrid, that truck will be for customers who aren’t ready to trust a fully electric truck.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Globally, sales of plug-in hybrids are growing faster than battery-electrics (though this is partly because the hybrids have further to climb).
    — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Mar. 2024
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plug-in

2 of 2 noun
  • And that includes PHEVs [plug-in hybrid electric vehicles], which have both a battery and an engine in them.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Whereas the traditional Escape hybrid is available all-wheel drive, the plug-in is front-wheel-drive only.
    — Alex Nishimoto, Car and Driver, 12 Mar. 2023
  • There’s a lot to be excited about, especially the news that the plug-in setup will include three electric motors that push power above 1,000 hp.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The meeting room technology includes 75-inch televisions, roll-down projection screens, plug-in house sound, iPad reader boards, and of course, high-speed Wi-Fi.
    — Byrachel King, Fortune, 4 Mar. 2023
  • On Chrome, go to Settings and click Security and privacy, followed by Clear browsing data to erase cached files, browsing history, plug-in data, and more.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Filers who bought electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles could receive massive credits.
    — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Wireless earbuds usually connect to your device via Bluetooth or a small plug-in Bluetooth or wireless transmitter.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 6 Mar. 2023
  • All the plug-in-hybrid 4xe trims and any two-door configuration are specifically excluded from the weatherproofing fun.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Battery-only vehicles need a lot of those materials, plug-in hybrids need significantly less and hybrids like the Prius require just a fraction.
    — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • The management changes are seen in large part as the company responding to a need to embrace battery-electric vehicles, a huge growth area in the industry but one that Toyota has seemingly neglected in favor of hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023

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