cable
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As of June, Lumen had put down approximately 19 million “fiber miles,” which is calculated by multiplying the length of the route by the number of fibers inside each cable.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
As I entered my teens, cable television expanded the number of channels at home from four to several dozen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Although one newspaper reviewer described Mudcats as “brainless cable bottom-feeding,” the show opened up a new world for the rural teenager.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
It means you can stream VR games wirelessly from your PC in high quality without being tethered by a cable, and it works well.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The cable was from Captain Herrick, commodore of the Maddox and Turner Joy.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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At the dawn of the internet, a select group of companies made a killing creating the equipment and business model for the system of glass strands bundled in cables, known as a fiber-optic network.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
The findings suggest that axons are not merely fixed cables.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 17, 2026
They have argued that relying solely on putting cables underground is prohibitively expensive and disruptive.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Her 2023 investigation revealing a large network of toxic lead cables left behind by phone companies triggered multiple federal-agency investigations and led to additional worker protections and some remediation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
A small equipment capsule that was connected to Gagarin’s capsule by electrical cables had failed to separate.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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The author himself permitted an American actor who cabled to him in 1899 to ask his permission to take a creative liberty with his signature hero.
From Salon ● Apr. 16, 2025
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
The van has a wifi system, which involves a router being cabled to an antenna on the van's roof that links up to satellites.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2021
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
“A stern warning and reprimand must be made,” Moscow cabled its New York office, “for losing contact with such a source.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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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
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
So I brought all the electrical cabling I could fit.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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