wire
noun
a slender, stringlike piece or filament of relatively rigid or flexible metal, usually circular in section, manufactured in a great variety of diameters and metals depending on its application.
have wired
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present perfectof wire.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As of Friday evening, officials were unable to provide a figure for the total amount of unemployment benefits that ESD is known to have wired to suspect accounts at the 37 banks.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 22, 2021
A few homes have wired Internet connectivity, but the download speeds are incredibly slow—barely enough to watch a YouTube video.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2021
Hundreds of thousands of years of human evolution have wired us to care deeply about fitting in with those around us.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 10, 2020
“We long to be back in the studio just to have wired connections.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2020
But if Dr. Lange had discovered the missing piece, he may have wired ahead.
From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys
