as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
manufacturers of all kinds of widgets for the do-it-yourselfer
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The new widget will include buttons that activate Copilot Vision or spoken AI conversations with one click.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Then through the Build-A-Look widget, shoppers can scroll through many items across categories, to change the outfit in different ways.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Sadly, there is no perfect widget out there.
—Jess Bryant, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
The ripple effect across the economy, ranging from steel and glass to paint and widget firms, is enormous, and all those workers are consumers.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Then through the Build-A-Look widget, shoppers can scroll through many items across categories, to change the outfit in different ways.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Sadly, there is no perfect widget out there.
—Jess Bryant, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
The ripple effect across the economy, ranging from steel and glass to paint and widget firms, is enormous, and all those workers are consumers.
—Jeff Kingston, Time, 4 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widget
gadget
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The gadget charges via a USB-C port and can also be used while charging.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
4 Nov. 2025
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And just as Shakespeare relentlessly intensified Lear’s individuality, so did Jobs make each gadget more itself, eschewing generic compromise to magnify exceptionality.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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