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also gismo
as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
found all sorts of interesting woodworking gizmos in the garage
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Recent Examples of gizmo
This new gizmo sounds like just the thing for someone in your life who's already got everything: a portable printer that puts art on your plate.
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 July 2025
For the past three years, New York City beaches have relied on drones to detect sharks and riptides, and now the gizmos are being used to drop flotation devices on swimmers in trouble.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
The guitar player, his little knobby thing was not a gizmo thing.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Perhaps there are a thousand robotic arms and conveyor belts and forklifts and gadgets and gizmos working to assemble, for example, an autonomous car.
—Michael Koziol, IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2018
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Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 July 2025
For the past three years, New York City beaches have relied on drones to detect sharks and riptides, and now the gizmos are being used to drop flotation devices on swimmers in trouble.
—Henry Alford, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
The guitar player, his little knobby thing was not a gizmo thing.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Perhaps there are a thousand robotic arms and conveyor belts and forklifts and gadgets and gizmos working to assemble, for example, an autonomous car.
—Michael Koziol, IEEE Spectrum, 20 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gizmo
Noun
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The iconic items fit well in this book given how many Avengers don’t feel complete without a gadget or mystical item to carry into battle.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Arts District Market This store will sell a variety of travel necessities, including tech gadgets and small items.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Sep. 2025
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The automation tools haven’t put much of a crimp on the 27 million or so of today’s global software engineers who generally do their coding by hand.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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To read how Newsweek uses AI as a newsroom tool, click here.—
Thomas Westerholm,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her daughter no longer needed to be connected to the artificial heart contraption.—
Ruchi Kumar,
NPR,
14 Sep. 2025
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Smaller bamboo contraptions often poke out of windows, or cover air conditioning units and balconies.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Global South's innovation ecosystem shows us that technology can emerge from and serve local needs.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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There are bold new innovations, like a setting spray that’s basically a finishing powder in a bottle, and a three-in-one foundation stick that also hydrates and primes.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The widgets beat the leaders — until the empire can’t adapt.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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This combines a head-up-display (HUD) with a customizable row of widgets at the bottom of the windscreen – alongside a large but not excessive central infotainment display.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Typhur’s new Sync appliances change that equation entirely.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The price of dishwashers, along with most appliances, has seen a long-term, shallow downward trend, making such purchases even more affordable.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Not quite as much as this crazy jigger, but extraordinary nonetheless.—
Loz Blain
August 04,
New Atlas,
4 Aug. 2025
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Also often included is a double-sided jigger, featuring one-ounce capacity on one side and two-ounce capacity on the other.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 July 2025
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“Gizmo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gizmo. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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