How to Use modular in a Sentence
modular
adjective- In many offices, desks are separated by modular walls that can be moved around.
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At the time, Joshua Tree required that homes be at least 20 feet wide, and their modular house wasn’t.
—Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
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These will later serve to make the three inside tubes of the modular sections.
—New York Times, 27 July 2023
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In other words, the ASIC forms the core of a modular recording platform.
—Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 17 June 2021
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The best modular closets make adding shelves and hanging racks to your closet a quick and easy task.
—Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2023
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This modular home is the perfect blank slate for your tiny home journey.
—Hannah Jones, Country Living, 20 May 2022
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Lund said they could be carted around on semitrucks as modular units.
—Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
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David has bounced from an apartment building to a modular home as rents have gone up.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Nov. 2021
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Gerke will have 4 classrooms, Schenck will have 2 and Hunter will have 6 modular classrooms.
—Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 26 May 2021
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The state only provides a small school, set up in modular buildings, and a health clinic.
—Majd Al-Waheidi, NPR, 5 May 2024
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His approach to modular projects is to keep things simple but add a few bold accents.
—John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2021
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This lightweight modular set includes a stroller and a car seat for one-stop shopping.
—Lexie Sachs, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021
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Across from the main kitchen block, the dual-door modular closet system houses the 177-liter fridge/freezer and a large wardrobe.
—New Atlas, 26 July 2024
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Go for a classic modular shelving system that can be used to store other items as the kids grow up.
—Sienna Livermore, House Beautiful, 31 May 2022
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What’s more, the modular layout can be tweaked depending on the mission.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023
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Part of the solution may come in the form of modular designs that can be preapproved and snapped together like a kit of parts.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
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It has been redesigned as a system of modular inserts, which is why the new bag is aptly called the System Tote.
—Alex Warner, PEOPLE.com, 17 Aug. 2021
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Keep in Mind The modular design is convenient to install but isn’t very durable.
—Kaitlyn McInnis, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2023
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The modular 1930s house will occupy a space that once served as a parking lot for the Palm Springs Art Museum.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
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Trees were removed, modular buildings were shipped from Florida and new asphalt was laid down -- and all of the work was done in a few months.
—Tony Holt, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2023
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The highlight of this modular system is the way the new hardware and lenses interact with the software.
—Prakhar Khanna, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
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Its soft knitted stretch construction is modular and can be swapped out like the bands of an Apple Watch.
—Hunter Fenollol, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023
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The overpass was damaged when a semi hauling modular units to the North Slope passed under it, striking part of the structure with the load.
—Anchorage Daily News, 11 Nov. 2022
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The design must be modular and the architecture must be open.
—Loren Thompson, Forbes, 4 May 2021
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The rest of the outfit has a smart clip-on system to attach or detach several of its pieces in a modular fashion.
—WIRED, 2 Nov. 2023
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Dealers will update the body control modular software or through an over-the-air update free of charge.
—Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2022
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There's also the Field Lounger, which is a modular chaise lounge featuring a large square ottoman.
—Heath Owens, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2022
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The couple plans to live abroad for half the year, but looking into the long term see the modular home as an investment for their retirement.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2024
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Both vehicles run on a new battery called the modular electric drive (MEB) platform.
—Emily Forlini, PCMAG, 5 Mar. 2025
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The two 300-megawatt small modular reactors would nearly double the plant’s capacity.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 25 Feb. 2025
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