plugging

Example Sentences

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Perhaps plugging numbers into this formula brings it to life, just as the baker brings a recipe to life by mixing ingredients in a bowl and baking them in the oven?

From Slate • May 25, 2026

"It's such a breeze!" he said after plugging in the charging cables.

From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026

Other retailers are refraining from plugging their connection to Kelly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Although much of it is spent on basic research, it is also used for plugging general institutional shortfalls – everything from staff costs, public engagement work, and turning research into real world products and services.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

To further proclaim their status, wealthy Olmec carved deep grooves into their teeth and pierced their nasal septums with bone awls, plugging the holes with ornamental jade beads.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann