adapter
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Miscommunications between adapter and charger can fry the device or even spark fires, warns Michael Pecht, a mechanical-engineering professor at the University of Maryland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
"We call it the universal adapter," Schultheiß explains.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 27, 2026
He said he ran into the shop, where he saw an adapter charging system - full of chargers - under the counter and a small fire.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
The most practical option was an old-school corded phone and a cellular-to-landline adapter.
From Slate ● Jan. 27, 2026
A small refrigerator is plugged into an adapter that has six different electrical devices all feeding into one outlet.
From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan
Unless you carry a suitcase full of gadgets, cables and adapters, you’re risking every kind of tech frustration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
If not, adapters are available for less than £10.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2025
Customers purchase what they need a la carte — a combination of jacket hoses, nozzles, valves and adapters that, when assembled, vastly increases the water flow rate from a homeowner’s outdoor faucet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
Ford has been mailing adapters to owners of its older electric vehicles so they can connect to Tesla’s chargers.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024
Most of the Dutch pictures were "adapted" into English, and the adapters added verses which, in some instances, were better than the caricatures.
From Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. by Parton, James
