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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Recent Examples of widget
Of course, the big draw here is the exterior screen, and Motorola has been rolling out new widgets and compatible apps for the smaller display.
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Brad Bourque, Wired News, 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
One neat element of the Instinct Crossover AMOLED in particular is the way the watch face widgets can move slightly to avoid being obscured by the watch hands.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The color of your folders, which also controls the tint of icons and widgets in tinted mode.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Brad Bourque, Wired News, 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
One neat element of the Instinct Crossover AMOLED in particular is the way the watch face widgets can move slightly to avoid being obscured by the watch hands.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The color of your folders, which also controls the tint of icons and widgets in tinted mode.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widget
gadget
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That being said, some travel essentials stay packed and ready—the gear, gadgets, and go-tos that make every trip that much easier.—
Samantha Leal,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Oct. 2025
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This signals Noetix’s interest in cultivating a developer community around Bumi, treating it as a participatory platform rather than a closed gadget.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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