How to Use configuration in a Sentence
configuration
noun- We'll have to change the configuration of the system to accommodate the new server.
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The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.
—Paul Keane, Hartford Courant, 8 Mar. 2026
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Those are at least a few of the callouts to the configuration.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
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They are not designed for those of us with my configuration.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
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Don’t miss your chance to get this configuration at a discount.
—Karl Klockars, PCMAG, 25 Oct. 2022
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That configuration also has a two-way bike lane running along the east side of the road.
—Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
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Not all cars have the same configuration.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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Families with kids will love the room configuration—two pairs of bunk beds plus a queen.
—Sam Pfeifle, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Theres’s a lot of vocal with this new configuration, as there always has been.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2021
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And customers will have a choice of either a rear-wheel or all-wheel drive configuration.
—Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2022
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Both of these configurations are expected to drive the rear wheel via a chain.
—New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2026
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Part road course and part oval, the Roval configuration made its debut four years ago.
—Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
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But, as the three teenage deaths illustrate, this threat does not come in just one configuration.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
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When that configuration no longer fits your gear, just shift the dividers around as needed.
—Anthony Karcz, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
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With the same configuration across all missions, the tests will build on each other.
—Marcos Fernandez Tous, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2026
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That will be followed by the configuration for launch.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2026
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The configuration of wings is different from a seraphim to an archangel.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
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In that configuration, the vessel could reach a top speed of 40 knots.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2022
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The exact configuration of lines and swirls that make up your fingerprints are thought to be unique to you.
—Matt Burgess, Wired, 26 Feb. 2022
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What drew you to this configuration of the problem, these details?
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
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On paper, adding a phone number looks like a configuration task.
—Ran Inbar, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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The route is already a temporary configuration amid the years-long project to widen the lanes.
—Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 18 Jan. 2022
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Check online to make sure no one has your configuration of numbers and letters.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
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Walter Hamada will still have a role to play in the new configuration.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 1 June 2022
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Another configuration is the poncho or cloak mode, which can be used around camp.
—Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 2 June 2026
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Best Buy has this configuration on sale for 28% off.
—PC Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
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Of course the pitchers mound to home plate, and the bases and all that are the same, but the field configurations were different.
—Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
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The home runs off-grid and combines an easy-to-tow configuration with an open layout that's arranged on one floor.
—Adam Williams march 24, New Atlas, 24 Mar. 2026
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The stroller has more than 20 configurations, and can carry up to two little ones.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
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What’s unique to Lucid is the front light configuration.
—James Raia, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
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