: technician
lab techs
a computer tech

tech

2 of 3

noun (2)

: technology
The triumph of tech … is far from complete …Newsweek

tech

3 of 3

abbreviation

Examples of tech in a Sentence

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This change comes as public market returns, driven by megacap tech, have eroded PE's historical performance edge, and investor distributions have stagnated. Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 OpenAI last week made national headlines by announcing a $20 billion data center complex near Savannah that already had its local approvals in order, leaving few barriers for the tech giant to clear. Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 28 July 2026 Circuit breakers were triggered once again, and contagion across the region saw steep declines for the Nikkei, led by the big tech names. Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 28 July 2026 From garage tech to global powerhouse When Russia invaded Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for foreign military aid from the West and exhorted his countrymen to build makeshift weapons for the resistance. Thomas Nagorski, Time, 27 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for tech

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1942, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

1972, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of tech was in 1942

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“Tech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tech. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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: technician
lab techs
a computer tech

tech

2 of 2 noun

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tech

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