How to Use modular in a Sentence
modular
adjective- In many offices, desks are separated by modular walls that can be moved around.
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Lund said they could be carted around on semitrucks as modular units.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
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The modular bit isn't just a neat party trick.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Jan. 2026
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The modular home will be installed in three pieces.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
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It is known for its modular sofas.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2026
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This modular home is the perfect blank slate for your tiny home journey.
—Hannah Jones, Country Living, 20 May 2022
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David has bounced from an apartment building to a modular home as rents have gone up.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2021
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This is why many common bricks are referred to as modular.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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Next, start with cloud-native, modular tools.
—Gowtham Chilakapati, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
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One of them is modular building.
—Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
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Think about the viral cloud couch and sleek modular couches.
—Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 3 Feb. 2026
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His approach to modular projects is to keep things simple but add a few bold accents.
—John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2021
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These will later serve to make the three inside tubes of the modular sections.
—New York Times, 27 July 2023
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Seat up to six people with this modular set tailorable to your outdoor space.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 21 Apr. 2026
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Another big shift is the move to modular compute at the edge.
—Alvaro Rozo, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
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This modular set is suited for small spaces.
—Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 28 May 2026
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The startup makes low-rise modular buildings that can be installed in two days.
—Zinnia Lee, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
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This lightweight modular set includes a stroller and a car seat for one-stop shopping.
—Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021
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The best modular closets make adding shelves and hanging racks to your closet a quick and easy task.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2023
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In contrast, both budgie and human brains work in a more modular fashion.
—Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 19 Mar. 2025
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That means more variable designs of modular homes.
—Bob Woods, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
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Crews will replace the modular joints on both eastbound and westbound bridges.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
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The weapon’s modular design offers an easy path to future growth.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025
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This modular patio set can be rearranged to suit your space and seats up to four people.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2026
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Go for a classic modular shelving system that can be used to store other items as the kids grow up.
—Sienna Livermore, House Beautiful, 31 May 2022
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The content becomes modular, like puzzle pieces that can be reused.
—Arun Ramakrishnan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Otherwise, the global menu is easy to grasp and modular enough to adapt to any eating style.
—Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2019
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The quicker than typical schedule is tied to the use of modular units that will be set in place on the site.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, courant.com, 19 Aug. 2020
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The state only provides a small school, set up in modular buildings, and a health clinic.
—Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
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That's over and above all the other neat features this brand offers with its modular guitars.
—New Atlas, 18 May 2026
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