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cable

[kay-buhl] / ˈkeɪ bəl /
NOUN
chain
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In real life it is a warehouse of expensive computers, a power line, a cooling plant and a cable.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

Across the strait, Batam is just as attractive to investors - from the US, China, Australia, Singapore - because of relatively low operating costs, proximity to Singapore and connections to major subsea cable routes.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

The cable network reported that the operation was linked to a criminal fraud investigation concerning immigration paperwork submitted on behalf of the Somali-born congresswoman by her late father when she was a child.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Executives at the broadcast networks have groused for years that the telecast had become an advertisement for its competition, first when premium cable networks such as HBO and Showtime scored multiple wins and nominations.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

It was electric cable, the heavy, black kind used for outdoor wiring and strung on telephone poles.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Vizag is a landing point for submarine internet cables linking the country to Singapore, so for India, the location of the 600-acre site -- more than 340 football pitches -- is ideal.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Starlink, owned by Musk's SpaceX, uses satellites in low Earth orbit to provide internet access, particularly in remote areas where mobile networks and broadband cables are difficult or expensive to install.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Russia and Ukraine are using fiber-optic cables to connect drones directly to their operators.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

At the dawn of the internet, a select group of companies made a killing creating the equipment and business model for the system of glass strands bundled in cables, known as a fiber-optic network.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

Three men climbed on top of the truck, hanging on to the cables that fastened the canvas roof to the metal sides.

From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai

The author himself permitted an American actor who cabled to him in 1899 to ask his permission to take a creative liberty with his signature hero.

From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025

Q: My wife has a 5-year-old Dell laptop cabled to our router and a 2007 Brother printer.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022

Mr. Bondarev, part of the team working on arms control and disarmament at Russia’s Geneva mission, said he had seen misleading information cabled to Moscow in recent weeks.

From New York Times ● May 23, 2022

The van has a wifi system, which involves a router being cabled to an antenna on the van's roof that links up to satellites.

From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2021

The German commander surrendered on January 31—despite orders cabled from Hitler to fight to the death.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

If I were running a brand in the data-center space, I’d be in that community posting behind-the-scenes shots of my meticulously organized cabling and watching the comments roll in.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

"This is all one big unit, meaning we can't just replace the front charge port. We have to replace the charger itself, the inverter, and some of the cabling", he explains.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

They also integrated the required electronics, cabling, structural supports, and measurement tools.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

They said that AI can do the “opposite” of what automation does, and “generate demand for novel human expertise” like electrical installation or fiber-optic cabling.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 12, 2026

The cabling was easy to detach, too, just a couple of complicated plugs.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir


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