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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Those domains powered legitimate extension features like weather widgets and new tab pages.
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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
To see if you have been selected, open up your Delta app on your smartphone and look for the widget icon in the upper right-hand corner of the app home screen that resembles the Delta logo with additional two stars.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The widget merchants decide not to risk it, and everyone else gets to enjoy cheap widgets.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
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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
To see if you have been selected, open up your Delta app on your smartphone and look for the widget icon in the upper right-hand corner of the app home screen that resembles the Delta logo with additional two stars.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
The widget merchants decide not to risk it, and everyone else gets to enjoy cheap widgets.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widget
gadget
Noun
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Apple would go on to revolutionize the tech industry, creating innovative, intuitive and beautiful gadgets billions of people would buy again and again.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Mar. 2026
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That is a more useful place to start than a new supplement or sleep gadget.—
Allison Palmer,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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