space bar
noun
: the wide key at the bottom of a computer keyboard or typewriter that is used to make a space
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The on-screen touch keyboard's Gamepad layout gets button accelerators, such as X for backspace and Y for the space bar.
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
By using a series of small internal chambers in the larger keycaps—like the space bar, Shift and Enter keys— those keys now make the same almost inaudible sound as the rest of the Halo65 V2’s keys.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Then there’s the fact that all Parcels song titles are written without spaces, a nod to the band’s early days, when multi-instrumentalist Patrick Hetherington had to upload mp3 song titles on a laptop with a broken space bar.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The stabilizers on this keyboard have been redesigned to make things stay on the level while still ensuring the keyboard is still and reliable when typing, with less wobble on the big keys like the space bar, left shift, backspace, and enter key.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The app essentially amounts to a small Doom level that is playable with keyboard controls (arrow keys to move, space bar to shoot) within a CAPTCHA-like presentation.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
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Michael Muchmore, PC Magazine, 7 Sep. 2025
By using a series of small internal chambers in the larger keycaps—like the space bar, Shift and Enter keys— those keys now make the same almost inaudible sound as the rest of the Halo65 V2’s keys.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Then there’s the fact that all Parcels song titles are written without spaces, a nod to the band’s early days, when multi-instrumentalist Patrick Hetherington had to upload mp3 song titles on a laptop with a broken space bar.
—Rachel Desantis, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025
The stabilizers on this keyboard have been redesigned to make things stay on the level while still ensuring the keyboard is still and reliable when typing, with less wobble on the big keys like the space bar, left shift, backspace, and enter key.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The app essentially amounts to a small Doom level that is playable with keyboard controls (arrow keys to move, space bar to shoot) within a CAPTCHA-like presentation.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Space bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/space%20bar. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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