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cable

[key-buhl] / ˈkeɪ bəl /
NOUN
chain
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Italian cable maker Prysmian is a rare clean-power company that can make high-voltage electrical cable at scale.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

In a cyber age where most consumers get their news from social media and watch YouTube channels on their TVs instead of cable, the peak influence of broadcasters like CBS has long been diminished.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

A second cable in August 1858 successfully carried congratulatory messages between Queen Victoria and President James Buchanan and was hailed by the New York Times as “the great event of the age.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Laying a cable across the deep and stormy North Atlantic would prove far more difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Every person who bought a particular model of television came to believe that TV shows had become particularly mean-spirited of late, and they all canceled their cable and took to other hobbies.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu




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