adapter
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At the one stop where I had to use a plug adapter, everything still worked fine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Last week, he was comfortable admitting to BBC Scotland that he had packed a European plug adapter for his summer trip to the US.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
"We call it the universal adapter," Schultheiß explains.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 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
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Poorly manufactured adapters lack the internal protections for managing power surges, says Bunnie Huang, a hardware researcher, hacker and electrical engineer based in Singapore.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
If not, adapters are available for less than £10.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Some other brands have created snap-on adapters to give or sell to their customers for Supercharger access.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2024
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
I imagine that the text refers to the accusation made against those fathers of being casuists or adapters of the moral doctrine to their own convenience.
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