wall socket

Example Sentences

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"Food is a tougher problem than electricity; few people care where the electrons in our wall socket originate, but many people care a lot about where their food comes from," Davis said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 6, 2023

At home, the cooler is easily plugged into a wall socket.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2022

But you may have to plug your phone in to your internet router or a new wall socket.

From BBC • Aug. 16, 2021

Unplug means to literally tug an electric plug from a wall socket, but now, it also has a more metaphorical meaning, as in to disconnect from social media, he said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 22, 2019

I plugged it back into the wall socket and waited for the game to boot up.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline