wall socket
Example Sentences
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She strongly recommends electronics are switched off at the wall socket every night before the last person in the house goes to bed.
From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025
"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
It would take significantly longer to charge an EV on a standard 110-volt wall socket.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022
“You know how you go to a different country, they have a different kind of wall socket plug?” he said.
From Washington Times • Mar. 4, 2022
It would be a shame if he were stolen and used for an escape.” v Hazel felt like she’d been plugged into a wall socket.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
