Thesaurus results for WIDGETS

widgets

noun

plural of widget

as in gadgets

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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Recent Examples of widgets The career mode now gets real-world sponsors; there are new, super-nerdy widgets for the HUD that detail the innerworkings of the powertrain and ECU; track art, foliage, and environmental lighting have seen a lift; and AI has been further balanced, just to name a few other touch-ups. —

Adam Ismail, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026 Compal/iF Design View gallery - 6 images Compal’s award-winning AI Book concept adds a color E Ink display to the laptop’s palm rest area, turning otherwise unused space into a stylus-friendly workspace for notes, widgets, and AI prompts. —

New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026 Those domains powered legitimate extension features like weather widgets and new tab pages. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026 The paper’s push into new products, including an opinion news aggregator launched this week, is trying to solve an audience problem with new widgets for which there’s little clear demand. —

Max Tani, semafor.com, 11 Dec. 2025 Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price. —

Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025 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 lock screen on the Mac remains a desolate place, relative to the same area in both iOS and iPadOS—this is still a no-notifications, no-widgets zone that exists only to keep your Mac locked. —

ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025

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Noun

There’s a whole range of Hyperice gadgets available to tinker with, including Normatec compression boots and a Venom heat therapy belt.

— Siobhan Grogan, TheWeek, 7 Apr. 2026
Women are being confronted by lotions and serums and light masks that promise to rejuvenate their faces and necks, dietary supplements claiming to do everything from boost moods to ease hot flashes and gadgets promising to help with symptoms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026