Example Sentences

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When the antibody plugs into the capillary’s transferrin receptor, a portal through the blood-brain barrier opens up.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

An Amazon Fire Stick is a device that plugs into TVs and gives the viewer options to watch programmes from legitimate services including the BBC iPlayer and Netflix.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Publishing, once a back-office trade of sheet music and radio plugs, became a predictable cash-flow business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

There are plugs of grasses and gallon pots of white sage, purple sage, California buckwheat, long-stem buckwheat, deerweed, narrow leaf milkweed and coyote bush.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026

“I thought I was grounded,” I said nasally, and plucked out my bloodied nose plugs.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos