widgets

plural of widget

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Recent Examples of widgets From icons and widgets to menu bars and more, many UI elements can now be made transparent to offer more usable space on-screen. PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2025 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 The color of your folders, which also controls the tint of icons and widgets in tinted mode. ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025 The widgets beat the leaders — until the empire can’t adapt. Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025 Every page uses the same plain‑English labels and widgets so comparisons feel apples‑to‑apples. Fortune Games, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widgets
Noun
  • As for Elite World Group’s partnership with Asia Kingston, this also extends to the development of tech gadgets, encompassing the likes of earphones, headphones, portable speakers, smartwatches and power banks.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • As gadgets are replaced faster, global e-waste is growing five times quicker than it’s formally recycled.
    Dave Smith, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • For all of the perils of injecting it into the newsgathering process, AI tools have also come to be seen as useful and less-fraught ways to create efficiencies in editing, advertising and other areas.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Make sure all ingredients and tools are as cold as possible.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2025

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“Widgets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widgets. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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