How to Use plug and play in a Sentence

plug and play

noun
  • And so far, the transition has been easy and has been plug and play.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • So far, the transition has been easy and it’s been plug and play.
    — Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 24 Apr. 2024
  • The process wasn’t entirely plug and play.
    — Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2025
  • He was thought to be ready to plug and play on defence from day one, and this has largely come to fruition.
    — Mark Deeks, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2022
  • Neither Faalele nor Patrick is a plug and play signing.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Rising can't afford to play plug and play on the backline all season long.
    — Edwin Perez, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Brier also notes that physical AI is not yet plug and play.
    — Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • The bins make everything plug and play, so cleaning up isn't a horrible task.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2020
  • His 3-and-D skill set is plug and play for a team like the Trail Blazers.
    — Sean Meagher | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, 13 June 2019
  • Any country, large or small, could plug and play in the globalized economy.
    — Michael Beckley, Foreign Affairs, 14 Feb. 2022
  • In Marcano’s case, that is one fewer potential piece to plug and play when healthy.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2024
  • Smith is a free agent and would make for a smart utility player to keep on hand in case he is needed to plug and play again.
    — Jim Owczarski, Cincinnati.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • More important, both — ready-made, plug and play stars — would continue to thrive after he is gone.
    — New York Times, 13 Aug. 2021
  • These frames were made ready for procurement to be able to go in and interact with each of those categories like plug and play.
    — Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 9 June 2024
  • While most soundbars are plug and play, Sonos requires you to set up the Beam 2 via their mobile app.
    — Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Vera-Tucker is one of the safest picks in the draft and figures to be a ‘plug and play’ guy from the day he’s drafted.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Is the defense too complicated on the back end for the Bengals to plug and play young talent?
    — Mike Sando, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Stephens is the sort of plug and play player that could see the field early during the 2018 season.
    — Jason Gold Diehards, ajc, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Philadelphia has built a successful core and is able to plug and play new pieces in around it for what should be a successful run.
    — Nat Newell, Indianapolis Star, 10 July 2018
  • Escort allows drivers to simply plug and play right into the 12-volt outlet.
    — Collin Morgan, Car and Driver, 30 Nov. 2022
  • After removing it from the box and plugging it in, the Form 3 was ready to go—literally plug and play.
    — Michael Molitch-Hou, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Sivaram and his team include a draft executive order in the report so the next administration can just plug and play.
    — Leslie Kaufman, Bloomberg.com, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Lack of plug and play with commercial off-the-shelf solution accelerators.
    — Chandra Gundlapalli, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • Easy of use Having the ability to plug and play with devices of all ages is key to transferring and preserving your data.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Operation is as simple as plug and play on a PC, though reformatting is required for the latter.
    — PC Magazine, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Retro gaming consoles are often smaller versions of their original versions, which is great for storage and easy to plug and play into a television set.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 1 Dec. 2022
  • His ability to plug and play is reminiscent of what Logan Mankins and Joe Thuney did at the same spot.
    — Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The platform because of its rapid plug and play technology can be easily adapted to deal with mutations in the virus, such as those already occurring.
    — Ramakrishnan Narayanan, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Soccer is no longer plug and play; there are attacking patterns to learn, movements to memorize, pressing triggers to internalize.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2020
  • Years ago, this category would have been plug and play, but with so many incredible veg-friendly options popping up all over town, it’s gotten to be a real challenge.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2021

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