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wireless

[wahyuhr-lis] / ˈwaɪər lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
communicating without material contact
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Wi-Fi
STRONG
WEAK
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
landline


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The education and communication category includes wireless and residential phone services.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

At Thatcham Research's headquarters, we are shown a device hidden within a wireless speaker that can start a car by tapping into its internal communication system.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Televisa said AT&T Mexico is the second-largest mobile operator in the country with around 24.7 million wireless subscribers at the end of last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

SpaceX’s wireless deal boosts shares of cell tower companies like Crown Castle and American Tower.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

It bowled through the cluster of antennas, and all wireless communication cut out.

From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown

We had one phone in the hall, wirelesses and typewriters; we wrote our essays by hand and we weren’t forever on call, stressed, agitated, panicking and with a squillion, brain-mashing choices to make.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2016

Correspondents filed endless wirelesses, but no event of real importance disturbed the word-painted ship upon its word-painted ocean.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in London last week, a considerable fraction of the population rose from warm beds and sat shivering beside wirelesses to hear the 7 a.m. news report of the Battle of Adelaide.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You still putting your faith in those wirelesses your uncle was going to have zigzagging round?"

From Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald


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