unplugged
Example Sentences
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We were unplugged by necessity, by force majeure, by decree of Xcel Energy Inc., and compelled to set aside our screens.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
“We look forward to making sure that oversight is preserved and protected and not muzzled and not unplugged or sabotaged.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2025
Worse, it hasn’t occurred to him to think past the triumph of his product launch, that his Creature can’t be readily unplugged.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
In 2020, economist Paul Milgrom unplugged the phone when the Nobel committee called - in the middle of the night - to tell him he had won the Nobel for economics.
From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025
“Charlie, what do you say we keep it unplugged for a couple more days?” she asked.
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
