How to Use configuration in a Sentence

configuration

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  • We'll have to change the configuration of the system to accommodate the new server.
  • The stroller has more than 20 configurations, and can carry up to two little ones.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Saturn has a couple of moons in this configuration, for instance.
    — Duncan Forgan, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This power-train configuration allows for a top speed of just over 217 mph.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
  • All of that needs to be underscored when discussing a power train rooted in a four-cylinder configuration.
    — Nicolas Stecher, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Although the carpet's been ripped up and the walls are paneled with wooden rods, the risers remain in the same configuration.
    — Holly V. Hays, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In the new configuration, people using wheelchairs will be able to sit in prime locations and reach those seats from the ground floor, close to valet parking.
    — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The economy has wheeled itself into its new configuration and things return to normal.
    — How To Save A Country, The New Republic, 17 Nov. 2022
  • Indian, however, has not said if this new configuration bolsters output at the tire.
    — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 29 Nov. 2022
  • With a dozen grips in a smart configuration, this bar also provides the perfect base for a wide variety of upper-body exercises.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Fewer than 10 examples of this particular configuration are known to exist, and this marks the first ever to be offered at auction.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The sleeping configuration of the room included two lower beds that could be converted into one queen-size bed and a sofa that could be converted into a double sofa bed.
    — Megan Dubois, Chron, 24 Nov. 2022
  • Of course the pitchers mound to home plate, and the bases and all that are the same, but the field configurations were different.
    — Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • All of the rickshaw configurations have a top speed of 28 mph, while the scooter can reach up to 37 mph.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The main difference between the two is the configuration of the wheels, Comite said.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 22 July 2023
  • Set the leg configuration within the shims, place drill bit through the predrilled leg holes, and drill a 3/8-inch hole into the cornhole frame.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There are now projects that have more than 200 KB for their configuration files alone.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The road will reopen to traffic in the new configuration at 6 a.m. Jan. 30.
    — Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The configuration of wings is different from a seraphim to an archangel.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Anytime the camera cut to any group in any configuration, the consensus was clear — Rome was the name.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Mitsubishi's goal was to sell the H3 at $51 million per launch in its base configuration.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The jet stream can get stuck in this configuration, causing a heat wave to continue to build and sometimes break records.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 18 June 2024
  • What drew you to this configuration of the problem, these details?
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
  • The passing lanes will be closed and two lanes of traffic will be shifted to the right in each direction as part of the new traffic configuration.
    — Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • The configuration process takes a while and requires you to identify the light closest to the middle of the room (the beacon) and one or more lights at the corners (the processors).
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Apple didn't change the number of cores in its neural engine but sped up what the 16-core configuration can do.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
  • The author of the post wanted to know whether anyone else had seen faces morph into strange configurations.
    — Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Watch Out For: The two-by-two seating configuration means passengers in window seats have to step past their neighbors to get to the aisle.
    — Victoria M. Walker, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The configuration of the stadium keeps the Dolphins’ sideline in shadow while the visitor’s bench stays in the sun.
    — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Dec. 2022
  • The hotel has 132 rooms of various sizes and configurations, and many suites can be connected to a deluxe room for even more space.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024

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