Thesaurus results for WIDGETS

widgets

noun

plural of widget

as in gadgets

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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Recent Examples of widgets Google suggests its new operating system could be used to create custom widgets on the fly. — Jon Martindale, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 However, few incorporate a display that can be used as a clock, notification center or a place to store OS widgets. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 These guys are being treated like disposable widgets, not human beings. — Howard Berkes, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026 Display your own photos, widgets like weather, calendars, stick notes and more. — Tantse Walter, Space.com, 26 June 2026 Over the last few years, home service operators were sold an explosion of AI tools—voice agents, chat widgets, follow-up bots. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 23 June 2026 Of course, movies and TV shows are not widgets and washing machines, and results of any finished product varies widely depending on a host of factors. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 June 2026 The widgets that are currently rolling out add sports scores, time zones, a focus timer, and a checklist, which are already some of my favorite new Firefox features in years. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 18 June 2026 The hardware in the Porsche Communication Management module is much faster than before (Porsche says up to five times), and there are more customizable widgets and an onboard personal assistant. — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 17 June 2026

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Here is what these gadgets claim to do and what gastroenterologists say about trusting the results.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026
But this year’s keynote will be about more than just new gadgets.

— Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

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The recent moves have been compared to tools the Federal Reserve has used in the past to provide liquidity to debt markets and to hold rates in check.

— Jeff Cox, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Document tools support multi-document chats, translation, presentation creation, and PDF interactions.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2026

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