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hookup

[hook-uhp] / ˈhʊkˌʌp /


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The hedge-born man conceived in a hookup under the hawthorn bushes in 17th-century Britain was the direct linguistic ancestor of today’s naked short-sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 21, 2026

Arbor portrays its solution as a flexible, carbon-negative and clean device: It can operate anywhere with a hookup for carbon sequestration.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

She appeared via video hookup wearing a dark protective vest.

From Seattle Times Jun. 8, 2023

Tiffany and Brett's date was already in progress when she blinked out to Sleepytown, whereas our "Love Is Blind" in-the-moment reunion hookup never materialized.

From Salon Apr. 17, 2023

The State usually wouldn't bring inmates from Angola to New Orleans for hearings but instead had them view proceedings on a video hookup at the prison.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Its customers need to build enough clean rooms to house the machines they want to buy, a massive undertaking that requires construction expertise, power hookups and abundant energy supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

That reflects higher capital expenditures: The company has been accelerating its spending on fiber optics, which deliver high-speed internet hookups to U.S. households.

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

The cost of a three-bedroom, 1,750-square-foot home is slightly more than $500 per square foot, the company said, not including auxiliary costs like foundations and utility hookups.

From Los Angeles Times May 9, 2025

Most people alive today carry traces of genes inherited from Neanderthals—the enduring legacy of prehistoric hookups with our extinct cousins.

From Science Magazine May 22, 2024

Then she starts tearing off the hookups to her senses.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson




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