unplugged
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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She insists that Amazon’s Alexa not just be powered down but unplugged.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
She claimed she was off work and home alone—that she had unplugged her phone and gone to bed.
From Slate ● Apr. 6, 2026
“We look forward to making sure that oversight is preserved and protected and not muzzled and not unplugged or sabotaged.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 19, 2025
In 2020, economist Paul Milgrom unplugged the phone when the Nobel committee called - in the middle of the night - to tell him he had won the Nobel for economics.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025
In the absence of the Batys and Pris he found himself fading out, becoming strangely like the inert television set which he had just unplugged.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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