plug
Example Sentences
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A month or so ago, with construction crews still plugging along, Ted Koerner lost sight of the finish line.
From Los Angeles Times
"It's like giving an old electronic a new battery pack. Instead of tossing them out, we are plugging fully-charged batteries from healthy cells into diseased ones."
From Science Daily
Rookie mistake number one, though: not bringing industrial strength ear plugs.
In an autobiographical summary of his career, Meyer said his favorite toy design was Lite-Brite, which allows people to create colorful designs by plugging plastic pegs into a grid.
"We've got a little bit of that early rehab to go through to formulate where he may plug into the series, but we expect him to take some part in the series."
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
