as in tool
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
she tried out a new gadget for weeding the garden
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Recent Examples of gadget
The Buffaloes also rely on Dre’Lon Miller as a gadget player, giving him the opportunity to receive direct snaps in the backfield.
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
The nothing-to-lose Saints called a razzle-dazzle gadget play.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
On sale for $10, this nifty gadget has an LCD display that accurately shows you how much your luggage weighs, down to the first decimal point.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
And, thanks to the global growth of EVs, phones, energy storage systems and rechargeable gadgets, the demand for batteries is growing rapidly.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
The nothing-to-lose Saints called a razzle-dazzle gadget play.
—Joe Buscaglia, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
On sale for $10, this nifty gadget has an LCD display that accurately shows you how much your luggage weighs, down to the first decimal point.
—Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
And, thanks to the global growth of EVs, phones, energy storage systems and rechargeable gadgets, the demand for batteries is growing rapidly.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gadget
Noun
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Having a familiar presence like Joan at Westside Hospital is a helpful tool for Amy, who’s still rebuilding her life after the season 1 car crash that left her with a traumatic brain injury, wiping her memories of the previous eight years.—
Eric Andersson,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Movies That Don’t Exist, a native digital format created and directed by Hernández, where AI becomes an experimental tool that amplifies creativity and connects with audiences through his YouTube channel, with over 3 million subscribers.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The probe also covers pacemakers, insulin pumps, coronary stents, heart valves, hearing aids, prosthetics, blood glucose monitors, orthopedic appliances, computed tomography scanners and magnetic resonance imaging machines.—
Reuters 12 hr ago,
CNN Money,
25 Sep. 2025
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Do not use electric appliances with plugs or cords.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These plastic gizmos form a bridge across the incision, rolling up the edges of the wound and giving it the wiggle room needed to withstand the stretch of post-op swelling and movement.—
Jolene Edgar,
Allure,
8 Sep. 2025
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Interpol refuses to take custody of 9.4, and instead leaves Salus Mondiale to safeguard the powerful gizmo and track down the top suspect in its creation, an elite coder named Boris.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Upon the closing of the legendary hatch, a virtual hurricane blasted Goldberg inside the contraption, with Stitch gleefully running around its perimeter as Goldberg fished for a card holding the lucky number of one audience member who would ultimately win the trip.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 Sep. 2025
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The team started by creating a nebulizer, or a contraption where Mahiri can stick her head into what looks like a multi-gallon jug with a large hole cut out of one side and a Tupperware attached to the other, the video shows.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This will put borders around app icons, control panel buttons, widgets, and almost every other element of the software, for improved clarity.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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One neat element of the Instinct Crossover AMOLED in particular is the way the watch face widgets can move slightly to avoid being obscured by the watch hands.—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There's room for one body, a lens, and small accessories.—
Julie Rousseau,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Sep. 2025
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And this latest fit is a textbook example of Hailey Bieber’s aesthetic, involving a good leather, some elevated basics, a dash of activewear, and an interesting shoe or accessory.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Blood is always poised and ready to clot, because the body sees this as a life-saving mechanism.—
Bryant Stamford,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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Connecting with others who share your struggle is one way to deal with the very real mental health side effects while also learning about other treatments and coping mechanisms that can help make your journey a little easier.—
Maggie Ryan,
Flow Space,
1 Oct. 2025
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While OpenAI says that scaling is key to driving innovation and future AI breakthroughs, investors and analysts are beginning to raise their eyebrows over the mindboggling sums.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
29 Sep. 2025
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Made in Africa is a monthly column by Rolling Stone staff writer Mankaprr Conteh that celebrates and interrogates the lives, concerns, and innovations of cultural workers of the African diaspora from their vantage point.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
29 Sep. 2025
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