as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
manufacturers of all kinds of widgets for the do-it-yourselfer
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If users want to do anything from designing a social media campaign to analyzing spreadsheet data and building an interactive widget, that’s now possible on Canva within the same space.
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Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Later versions of the AI-spambot also targeted the Live Chat widgets integrated into many modern websites.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2025
The widget can be QuickNotes, stocks, news, or a map, and each has its limitations.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Like on Apple Watch, these complications/widgets will show glanceable information like weather, next calendar event, step count, etc.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Later versions of the AI-spambot also targeted the Live Chat widgets integrated into many modern websites.
—Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 13 Apr. 2025
The widget can be QuickNotes, stocks, news, or a map, and each has its limitations.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Like on Apple Watch, these complications/widgets will show glanceable information like weather, next calendar event, step count, etc.
—Andrew Williams, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for widget
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widget
gadget
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The new Matter also gives manufacturers the option of embedding NFC tags inside smart home gadgets.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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If your router supports it, use device-level firewall rules to limit which services or internet connections your smart gadgets can access.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 May 2025
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 17 May. 2025.
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