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  • plural of cable.
  • present tense form of cable (3rd person singular).

cables

NOUN
wiring
Synonyms


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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

In recent years there have been a number of incidents in the Baltic Sea where underwater cables have been damaged or completely cut.

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

The metal also has been used in electrical cables made in Missouri and installed in an Amazon data center in Ohio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

There were cables from Vietnam he hadn’t seen, minutes from meetings he hadn’t known had taken place.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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