adapter
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The cube-like adapter converts the current from the wall into lower-voltage power that flows through the cord and into the device.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"Just as a USB adapter allows devices with different connectors to work together, Floquet magnons could bridge frequencies that would otherwise remain incompatible."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
He said he ran into the shop, where he saw an adapter charging system - full of chargers - under the counter and a small fire.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The most practical option was an old-school corded phone and a cellular-to-landline adapter.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
The power adapter was there but no laptop.
From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin
Modern directors and adapters are wary of the civic and cosmic levels, perhaps out of fear that pagan prophets and citizen choruses will seem artificial or dated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
If not, adapters are available for less than £10.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Whatever your opinions of that series — and there are plenty — it laid out the duo’s strengths as adapters and their weaknesses as creators of original material.
From New York Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
Her purse contains a tangle of keys, adapters and what looks like a half-eaten chicken sandwich.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024
Most of our American "advanced critics" are merely translators and adapters of German work.
From The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers by Daniel A. Goodsell
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