Example Sentences

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The cablelike appearance inspired the microbe’s common name.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 19, 2020

That same month it launched WatchTV, a cablelike package of more than 30 TV channels delivered via the Internet.

From Washington Post • Oct. 10, 2018

Other cablelike “event series” include Fox’s “Wayward Pines,” a thriller from the movie director M. Night Shyamalan.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2015

The court ruled against the company, which created a cablelike service without paying broadcast networks for the rights to their content.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2014

Both Lepidodendron and Sigillaria were anchored by means of great cablelike underground stems, which ran to long distances through the marshy ground.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon