How to Use plug into in a Sentence

plug into

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  • Put reflectors or cones in front of the car and keep an extra charger that plugs into the vehicle so your phone stays alive.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
  • Serverfarm, the company building the data center, plans to get its power from the plant instead of plugging into the electric grid.
    — Adam Beam, AJC.com, 10 July 2026
  • ServiceNow is a system of record that AI agents have to plug into, which strengthens it rather than replacing it.
    — Todd Gordon, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • These units ought to be expanded and plugged into the nation’s mainstream intelligence work, right up to the president’s daily briefing.
    — David Blumenthal, STAT, 20 July 2026
  • Jordan said the ballot tabulators were using power from batteries built into the machine, rather than being plugged into a socket.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 21 July 2026
  • Choosing a common standard means aircraft from multiple manufacturers can plug into the same charging network.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
  • Both floors also include integrated lighting, and the electrical panel plugs into the vehicle's 12-V power port.
    — New Atlas, 15 July 2026
  • Campers can keep the interior at a comfortable sleeping temperature, use the lights and audio system, and plug into the van for operating appliances like coffeemakers and blenders.
    — New Atlas, 9 July 2026
  • Instead of plugging into the grid, the company plans to generate electricity for a data center under construction next door by developer Serverfarm.
    — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 8 July 2026
  • Dealmakers, as is their wont, view Letterboxd as an operation destined to be plugged into a corporate structure, either as a film marketing apparatus or a data trove to power streaming.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 14 July 2026
  • That adapter — which Ford made with company Global Power Products — makes the vehicle compatible to plug into a longer, separate cable.
    — Alexa St. John, Fortune, 23 July 2026
  • Bots_Alive turns a Hexbug Spider into a fully autonomous robotic critter by replacing the infrared controller with an IR blaster plugged into your phone, and using computer vision to localize a fiducial sticker placed on the robot’s head.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2017
  • The album’s distinctive artwork, depicting a USB drive plugged into Carson’s neck, has become the centerpiece of a larger sci-fi narrative explored through a series of surreal short films directed by Joy Divizn.
    — Spin Staff, SPIN, 7 July 2026
  • Solbasium, whose beds are used by 12 NFL teams, is launching a $15,000 Nova bed that plugs into a standard outlet, well below the $60,000-plus price tags of older clinical units.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 July 2026

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