as in gadget
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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There’s a folder of Google apps on the home screen, along with a widget filled with OnePlus apps.
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PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Smartphone manufacturers will be allowed to design the widget experience for their lock screens; decide when a lock screen is triggered and preset their preferred widgets, for example.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
But, crucially, this can happen without the distraction of tools and widgets and everything else in between.
—Jason Andersen, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The 20-9 Rams, winners of five straight and 10 of 12, aren’t even a widget on Jerry Palm’s smart phone yet.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
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PCMAG, 7 Jan. 2025
Smartphone manufacturers will be allowed to design the widget experience for their lock screens; decide when a lock screen is triggered and preset their preferred widgets, for example.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 7 Mar. 2025
But, crucially, this can happen without the distraction of tools and widgets and everything else in between.
—Jason Andersen, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
The 20-9 Rams, winners of five straight and 10 of 12, aren’t even a widget on Jerry Palm’s smart phone yet.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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