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Recent Examples of socket
Electrical outlets in cruise ship staterooms are often hard to come by, and this flat power strip opens up more options for plugging in with regular sockets and USB-A and C ports.
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Terri Peters, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
Nvidia says the hardware can connect to a regular electrical socket, giving owners a way to run large AI models, without always relying on third-party servers hosted over the internet.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Since LEDs consume less energy, up to 25 LED lighting strings can be connected together for greater lighting without overloading electrical wall sockets.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Terri Peters, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2025
Nvidia says the hardware can connect to a regular electrical socket, giving owners a way to run large AI models, without always relying on third-party servers hosted over the internet.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Since LEDs consume less energy, up to 25 LED lighting strings can be connected together for greater lighting without overloading electrical wall sockets.
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024
Depp pushes over a cabinet with dishes, rips open her dress and makes a most unholy noise as her eyeballs go up in their sockets, tongue juts out and globs of drool pour from her mouth.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for socket
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The Duchess of Sussex has previously spoken at both the opening and closing ceremonies of Invictus Games competitions.—
Janine Henni,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
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The whole weekend for all movies is expected to file around $57.8M which would be the best result for Super Bowl weekend post Covid, ahead of 2022’s $53.8M (that’s when Death on the Nile led with a $12.8M opening).—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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The footage shows a living room setting with two arched minimalist alcove spaces along a wall, decorated with just a couple of lamps.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Published on September 13, 2024 By Demetrius Simms Steven Freedman Photography Photo : ©David Dietrich Photography Photo : ©David Dietrich Photography The room includes a cozy seating alcove lined with fabric panels.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
13 Sep. 2024
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Bovard says to adhere to the following technique: On the top rack, cups and bowls should face down toward the wash arms.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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Alongside poke bowls and the sport of surfing, the plate lunch has become one of the hallmarks of the fiftieth state.—
Helen Rosner,
The New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2025
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Valproic acid causes birth defects that can be detected in utero such as oral clefts or spina bifida.—
Almut Winterstein,
The Conversation,
30 Jan. 2025
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Now that she’s become well known not only for her art and fashion, but for being a cleft advocate, speaking around the country about her experience with a cleft lip and palate, Glasses has been traveling a lot for personal appearances, which leaves precious little time for weaving.—
Booth Moore,
WWD,
29 Oct. 2024
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There are pockets for those poor, icy hands of yours.—
Dave Schilling,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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Gregg prescribes periodic breaks from his luscious phrases; the dancers to step out completely or simply turn away and put their hands in their pockets.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The low-profile triangular swivel mop head is ideal for sliding into tricky-to-reach nooks and crannies.—
Maria Conti,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2025
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Some embers race away on the wind and find their way into vulnerable nooks and crannies in a home, such as open vents, palm tree bark or a broom left on the front porch.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
19 Jan. 2025
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The conservancy needs the money for restoration work on public lands in the basin, work that creates local jobs.—
Jake Pearson,
ProPublica,
10 Feb. 2025
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The colossal force of the collision formed the 200-mile-wide Schrödinger impact basin and ejected high-energy streams of rock, which carved deep grooves into the lunar terrain.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Mairena lived with his family in a valley, accessible only by horseback.—
CD Goette-Luciak,
Miami Herald,
11 Feb. 2025
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When hot, dry conditions occur in one peak or valley of the jet, another may experience colder, wetter conditions.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA TODAY,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Socket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/socket. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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