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cables

NOUN
wiring
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The underwater drone, tethered to the ship with cables and about the size of a small car, was just above the ocean floor as the researchers and pilots searched for furrows potentially left by whales.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 5, 2026

Sundararajan says 16 agencies across telecoms, defence, home affairs, shipping, ports, environment and state authorities are involved in clearing the construction, operation and repair of subsea cables.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The location of these large, windowless buildings filled with beeping servers and cables also became important to latency – the time it takes for data to travel from its source to its destination.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

The firm specializes in copper cables used to connect AI servers to networking switches.

From Barron's Sep. 2, 2026

Battlefield commanders depended on telephones to gather information and issue orders, yet telephone cables were easily broken during combat.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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