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plug-in

[pluhg-in] / ˈplʌgˌɪn /






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At the Beijing auto show in April, nearly 1,500 vehicles were on display, and executives talked mostly about building and exporting more EVs and plug-in hybrids.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

For North America, Audi’s 5 family will be limited to sedan-liftback body styles of the A5, S5, and RS 5, a high-performance plug-in hybrid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

Major investments in battery energy storage, as well as a new state law legalizing plug-in solar, should also help move the needle.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

Sales of new-energy vehicles, which comprise electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, as well as exports have become the major themes in China’s auto market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

The other food—sliced turkey, ham, roast beef, and salami, a big tub of tuna salad, and meatballs in a plug-in pot—was off-limits.

From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead

Anthropic recently expanded the capabilities of its Cowork assistant, powered by Claude, with new plug-ins that perform specialized business functions, including one for the legal sector.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

On Tuesday morning, investors homed in on Anthropic’s Friday announcement that it was adding open-source plug-ins in research preview to Cowork that allow companies to customize and build on Claude.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

In their view, “legal plug-ins will not replace robust, mature tool stacks like Intuit.”

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

I used to work a lot with plug-ins and sound libraries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2025

I see that it could be possible to use the logic board from the first one, and the chipsets and plug-ins from the other two.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan


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