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: gadget
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: an unnamed article considered for purposes of hypothetical example
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: a small software application that is designed to provide a specific piece of information (such as news, weather, or traffic updates) or a specific function (such as taking notes or controlling another application) on demand
This resource allows anglers to see what advisories are in effect in specific waterways … . The web page is optimized for mobile devices, with a widget that allows users to zoom to their exact location on the map with the press of a button.—
Chris Knauss
Chris KnaussA widget might show you the weather forecast, or the latest baseball scores. There are widgets that show photographs you've stored online, or that cull images from the Daily Puppy Web site.—Rob Walker
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Examples of widget in a Sentence
manufacturers of all kinds of widgets for the do-it-yourselfer
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Click the pencil icon at the bottom of the page to view the array of widgets that can join (or replace) your donuts in the session view, which can be divided into a near-infinite number of pages that are accessible via tabs or custom mappings.
—Pete Cottell, WIRED, 2 May 2024
Assigning different colors to things like drums, bass, vocals, and guitar helps keep things tidy, and the eye-catching contrast of the neon-color donuts and widgets against the black background makes LP easy to keep track of in any environment.
—Pete Cottell, WIRED, 2 May 2024
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Pete Cottell, WIRED, 2 May 2024
Assigning different colors to things like drums, bass, vocals, and guitar helps keep things tidy, and the eye-catching contrast of the neon-color donuts and widgets against the black background makes LP easy to keep track of in any environment.
—Pete Cottell, WIRED, 2 May 2024
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/widget. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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