Thesaurus results for GADGETS

gadgets

noun

plural of gadget

as in tools

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 gadgets Best Last-Chance Amazon Home Labor Day Sales Give your home a refresh with last-minute deals on fresh cozy bedding, cleaning gadgets, and décor. — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2026 The whole point is to give the owner the experience of driving the car, not to mess with gizmos, gadgets, screens, and everything else. — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 3 Sep. 2026 The company is working on smart home gadgets, robots, AirPods with AI cameras, and other new categories of devices, according to reports as well as snippets recently found in a beta version of MacOS. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026 There are also plenty of popular gadgets worth shopping, from AirPods Pro and Garmin watches to Ring cameras. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026 Here is what these gadgets claim to do and what gastroenterologists say about trusting the results. — Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026 But this year’s keynote will be about more than just new gadgets. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026 As of August 31st, Nielsen’s co-viewing data will now include information obtained from smart-watch like gadgets that Neilsen’s research panelists wear in their homes. — Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Aug. 2026 New Chief Executive Officer Michael Fiddelke has pledged to improve Target’s product assortment, store experience and technology, identifying food among the primary areas of focus, along with baby, home, apparel, toys, gadgets and sports. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Those inspection tools can help manufacturers identify internal issues before propulsion hardware reaches later production stages.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Many companies now rely on AI screening tools that filter applications based on keywords rather than real qualifications.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of tools

Noun

These batteries hold onto solar energy captured during the day, so it can be sent to the grid as demand peaks in the evening and morning, when most people are at home running air conditioners and other appliances.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Prices for appliances, car repairs, and wireless phone services also jumped last month.

— Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of appliances

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Today, Unitree’s pre-IPO investors are sitting on a windfall gain, although nobody really knows if there’s a commercial application for the gangly humanoid contraptions.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 25 Aug. 2026
That opening scene will take you straight into the laugh floor, and guests will be placed into contraptions that Mike has created to harness both laughs and screams.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of contraptions

Noun

Aside from this feature, iOS 27 also includes a way to adjust the opacity of Liquid Glass, new icon designs, extra-large widgets, and new volume settings for ringtones, alarms, timers, and alerts.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 9 Sep. 2026
When the phone is open, the display shows two home-screen pages with Today View (a vertically scrolling list of customizable widgets) on the left.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of widgets

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Of the industrial innovations underpinning this order, the assembly line and vertical integration were most significant.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
As the Harvard historian Steven Shapin writes in his book The Scientific Life, countless innovations such as these that originated in corporate labs during the 20th century helped change the public’s perception of science.

— Matthew Sun, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of innovations

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Both come from crude oil but they're refined into different products, with different combustion mechanisms and densities.

— Willa Rubin, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Central to that notion is the cap, and its various mechanisms, designed to keep teams from wild differentials in roster spending like there is in Major League Baseball.

— David Aldridge, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026

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