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cable

[key-buhl] / ˈkeɪ bəl /
NOUN
chain
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The cap also puts broadcasters at a disadvantage compared to cable networks, streamers and Big Tech.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Project manager Simon Ludlam told the Energy Revolution podcast the cable was originally "going to go straight through" the tribute, before fans began leaving his firm "hundreds of calls".

From BBC Aug. 9, 2026

“National programmers today are free to reach 100% of their relevant markets by distributing their programming direct to consumers or through deals they cut with virtual cable companies,” Mr. Carr noted.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 9, 2026

Spectrum owner Charter Communications is nearing the finish line in its long-awaited $34.5-billion purchase of Cox Enterprises to form the nation’s largest internet and cable television company.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 8, 2026

I know how to knit complex cable patterns.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

Lumilens’s first product, an optical transceiver, converts electrical signals into light so data can travel over fiber-optic cables.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 6, 2026

There’d be supporting towers on park property, with cables dangling overhead, and a gondola station just outside the park.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 1, 2026

The Daily Telegraph said it had obtained unredacted plans that showed Beijing reportedly plans to construct a "concealed chamber" among "secret rooms" underneath the embassy which would be close to sensitive underground communications cables.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

Pairs of divers, connected to the surface via an air hose and audiovisual cables, were slowly lowered into the water.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

When Gorringe gave the signal for his men to pull on the cables to turn Cleo, the bottom of the obelisk bumped against the crabs and it did not move an inch!

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

"Stick with us," cabled Morecambe, "and we will get you another one".

From BBC Jun. 15, 2023

Mr. Bondarev, part of the team working on arms control and disarmament at Russia’s Geneva mission, said he had seen misleading information cabled to Moscow in recent weeks.

From New York Times May 23, 2022

Finally, on Jan. 2, 1950, Mao cabled the communist leadership in Beijing:

From Salon Mar. 13, 2022

But mainly, he said, the demolition company wants to give its cranes more maneuvering room by collapsing a freestanding wall that has been cabled to the wreckage to stabilize it.

From Seattle Times Jul. 20, 2020

They cabled Ferris, “Unwise to open wheel to public until opening day because of incompleteness and danger of accidents.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

"This is all one big unit, meaning we can't just replace the front charge port. We have to replace the charger itself, the inverter, and some of the cabling", he explains.

From BBC Jul. 8, 2026

The arrangement makes the mechanism vulnerable to damage from mishaps with the charging plug and heavy cabling.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

Other optical networking stocks benefiting from the transition to fiber from copper cabling were mixed Wednesday.

From Barron's May 6, 2026

They also integrated the required electronics, cabling, structural supports, and measurement tools.

From Science Daily Apr. 27, 2026

So I brought all the electrical cabling I could fit.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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