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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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See more: Elon Musk says he can build a wireless carrier in two to three years.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

Launched a decade ago, Jio's wireless service disrupted the market with steep discounts that helped it rapidly win customers from rival telecom firms Bharti Airtel and Vodafone.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 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

The drawn-out restructuring efforts by Optimum, formerly known as Altice USA, follow declining broadband subscribers from last year and high competition from fiber and wireless providers, compounding its struggles to address its looming debt payments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

Mitch Henderson, the flight director for Ares 3, swiveled back and forth in his chair, a wireless earpiece in his ear.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

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

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

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

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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