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wireless

[wahyuhr-lis] / ˈwaɪər lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
communicating without material contact
Synonyms
STRONGEST
Wi-Fi
STRONG
WEAK
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
landline


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His dream of turning SpaceX’s Starlink unit into a major U.S. wireless carrier is starting to get more credence, even from a major rival.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026

He added that the company sees strong runway for growth ahead across its core wireless business and broadband, as well as what he called smart adjacencies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

Verizon believes it will take up to eight years for SpaceX to have the required infrastructure to compete in the mobile wireless business.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

It also cemented its dominance in other segments, capturing 50% of the wireless broadband market and more than 40% of fixed broadband.

From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026

Crouched next to her, in the light of the flickering candle and one oil lamp, was the small German speaking wireless operator.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

We had one phone in the hall, wirelesses and typewriters; we wrote our essays by hand and we weren’t forever on call, stressed, agitated, panicking and with a squillion, brain-mashing choices to make.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 12, 2016

Correspondents filed endless wirelesses, but no event of real importance disturbed the word-painted ship upon its word-painted ocean.

From Time Magazine Archive

But in London last week, a considerable fraction of the population rose from warm beds and sat shivering beside wirelesses to hear the 7 a.m. news report of the Battle of Adelaide.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You still putting your faith in those wirelesses your uncle was going to have zigzagging round?"

From Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald


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