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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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Only shortwave radios worked, and the mayor of Los Angeles, Frank Shaw, spoke to the nation thanks to a relay via a wireless station way up in Point Reyes.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2026

Now, consumers want to see if wireless carriers will make getting one worth their while.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

In this landscape of omissions, the biggest thing the XL package includes is wireless connectivity with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

EchoStar has lost money on wireless services for years, and Adderton has taken to social media to criticize the way it runs Boost Mobile.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Until now he has seen radios only in glimpses: a big cabinet wireless through the lace curtains of an official’s house; a portable unit in a miners’ dormitory; another in the church refectory.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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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