wire
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wire |
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BX cable, Teletype, armored cable, band, bandage, battery cable, bell wire, belt, bend, bind, bind up, brace, braid, brail, bundle, cable, cablegram, cannon, chain, cinch, coaxial cable, cord, cutpurse, day letter, dip, diver, do up, electric cable,
electric cord, fast telegram, flash, gird, girdle, girt, girth, highline, hookup wire, lace, lash, lead, leash, ligament, ligation, ligature, line, night letter, power line, radio, radiogram, rope, send a wire, sign off, sign on, splice, spun yarn, strap, string, swaddle, swathe, telegram, telegraph,
telegraph line, telephone line, telex, tendon, thong, three-wire cable, tie, tie up, transmission line, triaxial cable, truss, twine, twist, underground cable, wire line, wrap, wrap up, yarn
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electric wire |
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BX cable, armored cable, battery cable, bell wire, coaxial cable, electric cable, electric cord, highline, hookup wire, lead, line, power line, telegraph line, telephone line, three-wire cable, transmission line, triaxial cable, underground cable,
wire line
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live wire |
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activist, ball of fire, beaver, big-time operator, bustler, busy bee,
charge, doer, dynamo,
eager beaver, electric charge, enthusiast, go-getter, human dynamo, hustler, man of action, man of deeds, militant, new broom, operator, peeler, political activist, powerhouse, rustler, self-starter, take-charge guy, unit quantity, wheeler-dealer, winner
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wire service |
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TelAutography, Teletype, Teletype network,
Teletyping, advice, broadcast journalism, closed-circuit telegraphy, code, duplex telegraphy, electricity, facsimile telegraph, information, intelligence, interrupter, journalism,
key, multiplex telegraphy, news,
news agency, news medium, news service, news ticker, newsiness, newsletter, newsmagazine, newspaper, newsworthiness, press association,
quadruplex telegraphy, radio, railroad telegraphy, receiver, reportage, sender, simplex telegraphy, single-current telegraphy, sounder, stock ticker, submarine telegraphy, telegraph agency, telegraphics, telegraphy, teleprinter, teletypewriter, teletypewriting, television, telex, the fourth estate, the press, ticker, tidings, transmitter, typotelegraph, typotelegraphy, word
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wire-puller |
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Machiavellian, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, access, bad influence, behind-the-scenes operator, big wheel,
calculator, coconspirator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, counterplotter, court, eminence grise, exploiter,
finagler, five-percenter, fixer, four-percenter, friend at court, gamesman, good influence, gray eminence, heavyweight, hidden hand, influence, influence peddler, influencer, ingroup, intrigant, intriguer, key, kingmaker, lobby, lobbyist, logroller, lords of creation, machinator, man of influence, maneuverer, manipulator, open sesame, operator, opportunist, plotter, pork-barrel politician, power broker, powers that be, pressure group, schemer,
sinister influence, special-interest group, special interests,
strategist, tactician, the
Establishment, very important person, wheeler-dealer
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wire-pulling |
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Byzantine intrigues, artifice, backscratching,
backstairs influence, behind-the-scenes influence, cabal,
collusion, complicity, complot,
confederacy, connections, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, counterplot, covin, deals, deep-laid plot, devices, engineering, expedients, finagling, finesse, frame-up,
game, games, influence, influence peddling, intrigue, intrigues, little game, lobbying, lobbyism,
logrolling, machination, maneuvering, maneuvers, manipulation, plot, plotting, ploys, political
influence, public opinion, rigging, ropes, scheme, schemery, schemes, scheming, social pressure, special-interest pressure, stratagem, strings, tactical maneuvers, tactics, trick, underplot, web of intrigue, wires
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Main entries similar to: wire
band, bandage, belt, bend, bind, bind up, brace, braid,
bundle, button, cable, cannon, chain, cinch, cord, dip, diver, fastener, flash,
flex, gird, girdle, girth, lace, lacing, lash, lead, leash, ligament, ligature, line, radio, radiogram, rope, sign off,
sign on, splice, stick, strap, string, swaddle, swathe, telegram,
telegraph, Teletype, telex, tendon, terminal, thong, tie, tie up,
transmit, truss, twine, twist, wrap, wrap up, yarn
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