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cable

[kay-buhl] / ˈkeɪ bəl /
NOUN
chain
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This material forms two reflective cable nets that are held under tension against one another by springs, helping the resulting surface maintain its intended shape.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

Fox News has also broadened its base of advertisers in recent years and benefits from negotiated increases in revenue from cable and satellite providers that carry the channel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

As for Kornacki, he became NBC News’ chief data analyst after NBCUniversal’s owner, Comcast, spun off MS NOW along with USA Network, Syfy, E!, and its other cable channels into a venture known as Versant.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

In 2022, Shetland was cut off from the mainland after a nearby subsea cable was damaged.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Finally, a fresh cable arrived from the captain of the Maddox.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge

Ginda said water provider ABH supports policies to encourage investment and development in Batam, south of Singapore and connected to it by undersea cables.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

After carefully twisting cables together and testing them with a multimeter, a small bulb flickered on, then another, signalling that the current was flowing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

The recent Telegraph revelation of more than 500 incidents where Russian boats have been stationed above undersea cables has also caused concern.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Those points might represent cities, PCs, subway stations, or organs, while the connections could stand for highways, cables, railway lines, or blood vessels.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Bleached structures from antiquity lay like dried bones, embedded in pulsating cables and thrumming traffic, the arteries of modern life.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover

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

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

“Coming soon to collect my pier,” she cabled after her triumph.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 15, 2021

On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

They then use specialized compressed-air-jetting equipment to propel fiber-optic cabling through the conduit, which then runs across a river and into the city.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 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

There are demand-driven capacity crunches in everything from fiber-optic cabling to electric power to water for cooling chip factories to undeveloped land for data centers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

The door was surrounded by things like cabling, hooks and the plates that linked the bare-bones machinery of the door hydraulics with the more aesthetic wall coverings of the large cargo room.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner


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