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cable

[kay-buhl] / ˈkeɪ bəl /
NOUN
chain
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According to the FAA’s latest modernization report, some two-thirds of the old copper wire and analog equipment has been replaced with modern fiber-optic cable and digital hardware, with completion targeted for 2028.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday's four-hour ground stop was declared after maintenance work to upgrade an old copper wire to a high-speed fiber cable had caused "issues" with communication with airplanes and radar feeds.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2026

This material forms two reflective cable nets that are held under tension against one another by springs, helping the resulting surface maintain its intended shape.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2026

MS NOW is now owned by Versant, a group of cable channels spun off from NBCUniversal.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2026

We buy an extra-long USB cable and something that has to do with the word Ethernet.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

Officials blame Friday's huge snafu on faulty work to upgrade air traffic control communication cables.

From Barron's ● Nov. 15, 2026

These pings traversed a tangle of copper wires and fiber-optic cables that feed into the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure, or FTI.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 15, 2026

After carefully twisting cables together and testing them with a multimeter, a small bulb flickered on, then another, signalling that the current was flowing.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026

These cables carry the majority of telecoms data abroad.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Otto worked at concealing the power cables in the grass and dirt.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles

Q: My wife has a 5-year-old Dell laptop cabled to our router and a 2007 Brother printer.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2022

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

The damage to Berlin’s reputation was considered so dire late last month that according to a leaked memo, Emily Haber, the German ambassador to Washington, cabled home to warn: “Berlin we have a problem.”

From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2022

On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung.

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

Onnec’s 800 employees install and maintain cabling and equipment racks inside data centers for major technology companies in Europe and Asia-Pacific.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026

In January, Corning notched a $6 billion deal to supply Meta Platforms with cabling, optical fiber, and connectivity solutions for data centers.

From Barron's ● Apr. 16, 2026

Though ultimately the government could save Moerdijk, and opt for the alternative of squeezing the substations and their cabling around and in between the four villages.

From BBC ● Apr. 12, 2026

She is used to my calling her from airports anywhere from Boston to San Francisco, or Miami to Seattle, or, here lately, cabling her from Cairo, Accra, or the Holy City of Mecca.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey


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