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  • present tense form of cable (3rd person singular).
  • plural of cable.

cables

NOUN
wiring
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Beijing said at the time that 200 civilians died, but according to de-classified UK diplomatic cables, at least 10,000 people were killed.

From BBC Aug. 21, 2026

These cables, sometimes included with your car from the manufacturer, allow you to draw a charge from another battery or vehicle and recharge your battery enough to turn the starter.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Drone startups such as Zipline have worked to resolve that issue by designing systems that fly higher in the air and lower food and products down by long cables.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Reducing the need for those microwave connections could therefore address two challenges at once: the enormous hardware requirements of large quantum computers and the unwanted noise that cables can introduce into quantum systems.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

He drops the cables and falls to his knees.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri




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