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Recent Examples of cable
The rift has come to represent the difference between Trump’s first presidency, where cable news networks and podcasters like Bannon propelled him to office, and his second term, which was fueled by tech billionaires and young internet influencers.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Worse, the first two games were shown in the U.S. on Versus, which was struggling to get on cable systems, and those games each had less than 1 million viewers.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
The new service is seen as critical to the fortunes of both ESPN and its owners Disney and Hearst, who are grappling with an exodus of subscribers from traditional cable to on-demand streaming.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 June 2025
On the cable front, Warner Bros. Discovery’s split from the NBA made for a very conspicuous absence during its upfront show, which could have used a dose of the inimitable Charles Barkley.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Worse, the first two games were shown in the U.S. on Versus, which was struggling to get on cable systems, and those games each had less than 1 million viewers.
—Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
The new service is seen as critical to the fortunes of both ESPN and its owners Disney and Hearst, who are grappling with an exodus of subscribers from traditional cable to on-demand streaming.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 June 2025
On the cable front, Warner Bros. Discovery’s split from the NBA made for a very conspicuous absence during its upfront show, which could have used a dose of the inimitable Charles Barkley.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cable
Noun
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The incident Johnson attributed the incident to copper wire thieves — who were looking for copper in a place where there was none.—
Howard Blume,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
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Can't see Chism making it through the waiver wire given how heavily he was recruited as an UDFA.—
Chad Graff,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
Noun
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From there, the group — which also included Joel Enrique Sandoval-Lopez, Joan Sebastian Castaneda-Lozada and Andres Pineda-Mogollon — fashioned makeshift ropes from bedsheets and climbed out of a third-story window.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
17 June 2025
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The driveway gate of the waist-high chain-link fence dividing the front yard from the sidewalk was bent and mangled, lashed to a metal fence pole with white rope.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
16 June 2025
Noun
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Avoid basements or rooms where water has submerged electrical outlets or cords.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
7 June 2025
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Avoid entering basements or rooms where electrical outlets or cords are submerged in water.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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“Cable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cable. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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