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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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Operators are losing subscribers to cord-cutting and growing competition from wireless carriers, fiber network providers and SpaceX’s Starlink as a satellite alternative.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 11, 2026

Qualcomm’s results came hours after the company was selected by SpaceX to supply cellular technology as it expands Starlink into the wireless market.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

SpaceX is buying terrestrial wireless hardware from Qualcomm and will build a mobile network from the ground up.

From Barron's ● Nov. 4, 2026

If scientists can identify and develop suitable materials, including altermagnets, this approach could lead to major advances in technologies ranging from wireless communication to quantum computing.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

I am still nothing more than a wireless set to him.

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

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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