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If Neel didn’t have blue skin and an elephant-like trunk, and if KB didn’t wear a Geordi LaForge-looking cybernetic visor, and if their school wasn’t partially staffed by droids, most of the early scenes could actually take place on contemporary earth. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2024 He’s talked extensively about the promise of droids and has focused his electric car company, Tesla, on producing them for use internally next year. Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024 But Armstrong gets to play the savvier, less naive Fern as a bit more of a badass, though all four kids are in over their heads when the ship’s malfunctioning droid (Nick Frost) navigates them straight into a pirate den. Alison Herman, Variety, 3 Dec. 2024 Universal’s Spider-Man ride, two Disney lands and some droids plus a former Imagineer were among the winners of Thea Awards presented by the Themed Entertainment Association on Tuesday night. Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for droid 

Word History

Etymology

by shortening

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of droid was in 1952

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“Droid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/droid. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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