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

NOUN
wiring
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Vizag is a landing point for submarine internet cables linking the country to Singapore, so for India, the location of the 600-acre site -- more than 340 football pitches -- is ideal.

From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, drones can now be built to use cellphone networks or fiber optic cables to evade the traditional jamming of radio frequencies used by police.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026

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

They have argued that relying solely on putting cables underground is prohibitively expensive and disruptive.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

In John McNaughton’s office at the Pentagon, there was a special bookcase where McNaughton kept his most sensitive cables and reports in three-ring binders.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin


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