How to Use desktop in a Sentence

desktop

1 of 2 noun
  • The desktop was covered with books and stacks of papers.
  • He created a new folder on his desktop.
  • The plan is to make the desktop app available to all users in early 2024.
    Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
  • This will request the desktop version of the site for this session.
    Justin Pot, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Read all about how Threads may be the thing that kills Twitter, and how to run Threads on your desktop.
    Lauren Goode, WIRED, 13 July 2023
  • And desktop users have to figure out the comparative virtues of the iMac and the Mac Mini.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Locate the Trashcan Icon in your dock bar on your desktop.
    Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The company had already made a mark with the desktop Apple II in 1977.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The song was previewed this week in a desktop platform game called Kaxtyn.
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Nor does the app have a desktop client yet, which is the one thing that would probably quintuple my time spent on the site.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • The humidifier plugs in with a USB and is the perfect size for most desktops.
    Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Health, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Of the remaining features, a desktop web version has clearly been high on the list.
    Sean Hollister, The Verge, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Outlook Marking senders as safe in Outlook on the desktop.
    WIRED, 17 Sep. 2023
  • First, there is currently no desktop version, a must for those who want to scroll at work or get off their phones.
    Helen Li, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Easily add it to any surface with this fluffy faux fur cover that’s perfect for chairs, desktops, or even the back of a couch.
    Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The company is telling users to uninstall the 3CX desktop app until a new version can be released.
    Michael Kan, PCMAG, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The Baby Yoda search Easter egg works on both mobile and desktop.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 May 2023
  • His computer’s desktop showed a black-and-white closeup of Diana Ross.
    Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But the engagement soon died down, and Scanlon stopped looking at the platform, in large part because of its lack of a desktop option.
    Andrew R. Chow, Time, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The compact design allows for easy placement on a desktop.
    IEEE Spectrum, 8 Sep. 2023
  • On Chrome for desktop, click the three dots in the upper right corner of your screen and head to Google Password Manager—the manager will open in a new tab.
    Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The changes are available globally on mobile web and desktop.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The keys' pitch and travel are halfway between a laptop and a desktop computer.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • That’s definitely at the other end of the price and performance spectrum from the sort of desktop CPUs being talked about now.
    Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • It will be made available to viewers on mobile, desktop and tablet devices and in replay.
    Journal Sentinel, 20 June 2023
  • To create his images, Fridge used a desktop lamp for the sun, an opaque disc for the moon, and a little motor pulling the disc on a string for the gravitational pull that steers the moon around the sun.
    Elissaveta M. Brandon, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2024
  • Its new desktop version, announced Tuesday, may be the hook some users needed — though the question remains: Why post on Threads?
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The company’s mobile app has until now been mostly a companion app to the desktop, a way to access your open tabs and not much else.
    David Pierce, The Verge, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The Register quips that 2024 might actually be the fabled year of Linux on the desktop after all, in China at least.
    David Meyer, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Website Experience ● Easy to navigate on mobile and desktop.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
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desktop

2 of 2 adjective
  • She is working on a desktop video project.
  • The checkmark remained on the desktop version of the site, but not on the app.
    Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Scale and get a printer-friendly, desktop version of the recipe here.
    Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Saving a pin on the desktop version of Google Maps After dropping the pin, click Save on the side menu.
    Toby Grey, BGR, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Desktop ad units, which currently sit at the top of the page, will soon appear in-line with feed.
    Lara O’Reilly, WSJ, 22 June 2017
  • That seems like a smarter way to connect mobile and desktop devices.
    Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2019
  • Nothing can make or break a desktop PC setup like the wrong keyboard.
    Jess Grey, Wired, 22 June 2021
  • Amazon workers can still log in to the desktop version of TikTok for now, the email noted.
    Rachel Lerman, Washington Post, 10 July 2020
  • There are plans for a desktop version that would cost closer to two or three thousand.
    Neima Jahromi, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2021
  • The Android version of Tumblr and the desktop version of the app appear to be unaffected by the change.
    Aj Dellinger, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • One caveat to using Jitsi Meet: Its desktop version works best in the Chrome browser and a few others.
    Grant Clauser, New York Times, 6 May 2020
  • Need a little more desktop real estate, or just tired of hunching over a small screen all day?
    Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
  • From food writer Cathy Barrow. Scale and get a printer-friendly, desktop version of the recipe here.
    Cathy Barrow, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • For anyone rocking a desktop PC, a new graphics card could be in order.
    Ian Paul, PCWorld, 2 Nov. 2018
  • Long a popular feature on desktop devices, the ability to jack up the speed of videos is coming to the mobile app.
    Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2017
  • The use of a Xeon processor implies this would be used in servers, of course, but there’s nothing saying that this couldn’t be adapted for a desktop PC.
    Mark Hachman, PCWorld, 7 Oct. 2019
  • Write your number one goal on your bathroom mirror, make a desktop background of your roadmap to success.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Khan said the deals happened as people were moving from desktop computers to phones.
    Cat Zakrzewski, Washington Post, 8 June 2022
  • Spotify, Telegram and WeChat, for example, open in a desktop format on the wider screen.
    Ben Sin, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
  • New users won't feel cramped, especially if they're used to using desktop PCs.
    Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Beginning Thursday, the company will start testing the redesigns with some U.S. users on the desktop version of its app.
    Barbara Ortutay, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2021
  • There will also be a desktop version of the service available with an even richer set of features for users and their doctors to explore.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2020
  • There will be a desktop computer set up for demonstration.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Another issue: The participants in the study were using a desktop version of the app in a computer in the clinic—not on their own phones and on their own time.
    Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, 17 Dec. 2018
  • Bryant said that while consumers and business snapped up all the laptops as the pandemic hit, Intel also saw desktop growth during Q2 and Q3.
    Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 9 Dec. 2020
  • Apps are available for all major mobile and desktop platforms.
    Don Edrington Computer Tutor, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 July 2017
  • Initially, the ads will run only on mobile, not desktop devices.
    Barb Darrow, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2017
  • Just over 60 percent of those were desktop, 32 percent mobile and just under seven percent tablet users.
    cleveland, 12 Dec. 2020
  • Just like with the desktop version of Adobe Acrobat, the free Android equivalent can also be used to sign documents.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 19 June 2022
  • Webb went on to make many more animalistic designs, including a coral monkey brooch with gems for eyes and a desktop object in the form of a gold leopard.
    New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020

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