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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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Shortly after CEO Dan Schulman took over the top post, he vowed in January that the company would stop being a “hunting ground” for wireless competitors looking to pick up new subscribers of their own.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Rising competition from fixed wireless and fiber connection services has been eating into the company’s home-internet subscriber base, while cord-cutting is weighing on its cable business.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Revenue from Comcast’s domestic broadband service fell 5.5%, to $6.28 billion, while domestic wireless service revenue rose 14%, to $1.01 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

BNP Paribas analyst Sam McHugh has said that the Starlink overhang on wireless stocks could persist until next year.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

“I need you to be patient with me,” I told Trey, using my wireless headphones.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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 Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)




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