How to Use low-tech in a Sentence

low-tech

adjective
  • This low-tech method works well.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 June 2026
  • There can be consumer goods, maybe low-tech items.
    CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • There is a low-tech way and a high tech way to make sense of it all.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
  • Here, the high-tech gadgets met the low-tech of a card game.
    Rob Wile, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Cross-country skiing is not a low-tech sport.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Simple, low-tech practices are among them.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Burglars still choose low-tech methods.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Dec. 2025
  • This is about as low-tech as weed control gets, and that’s part of its appeal.
    Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2026
  • These are low-tech and require just a little twist to release ice cubes.
    Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
  • There have been some slip-ups over the years, even with the low-tech format, Miller said.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 30 Mar. 2025
  • But this is not a low-tech operation.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 7 June 2026
  • The low-tech travel tip even has celebrity support.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Dec. 2025
  • One consequence of such bans is a boom in low-tech devices that keep kids off their phones.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The one old-fashioned, low-tech method that most people have success with is the trusty to-do list.
    Allie Volpe, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In this context, a low-tech setup can come across as more authentic.
    Cal Newport, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And that’s another one of the pleasures of the movie is all the low-tech effects.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Aug. 2024
  • Very low-tech by modern standards, with no lights on it, the ticket booth was state of the art for its day.
    Vince Guerrieri, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Satellite messengers are great, but low-tech tools have their place in a safety kit, too.
    Owen Clarke, Outside, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Hezbollah adopted low-tech tools to evade such deadly compromise.
    Colin Demarest, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Instead, make sure to seal holes into your home, and stick with low-tech methods, such as hanging bird feeders away from trees.
    Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Circadian sunmaxxing is the backlash, a free, low-tech habit built around a single idea.
    Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
  • Billboards, on the other hand, are stubbornly, laughably low-tech.
    Adam M. Rosen, thehustle.co, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The master of cutting-edge special effects and his low-tech solution.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 18 July 2025
  • Gondry, as always, is into doohickeys, contraptions, and finding low-tech ways to do high-tech things.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 June 2023
  • Buy a low-tech tire pressure gauge and check each tire’s pressure at least once a month, as Harrigle recommends.
    Jason Fogelson, AJC.com, 29 May 2026
  • Allied officials say some of the ailing ships are doubling as low-tech saboteur vessels.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The method for obtaining the vibration signal is somewhat … low-tech.
    New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2024
  • What low-tech solutions are most effective for seniors living alone?
    Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Alex Honnold announced plans to live-stream his next free solo feat, and a small, low-tech piece of gear rescued a hiker.
    Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 3 Oct. 2025
  • For schools, low-tech options such as paper and pencils remain more cost-efficient than high-tech options.
    Shawn Datchuk, The Conversation, 6 May 2025

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