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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Dynamic Island offers enhanced functionality for notifications and widgets, providing more interactive user experiences.
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
To customize the clock design on the lock screen and add widgets, tap and hold on the lock screen to edit it.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
Building nuclear weapons is not like making widgets.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
The corporate laborers of the industrial age were drudges, and might have needed the scaffolding of managerial hierarchies to make widgets in bulk.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2025
To customize the clock design on the lock screen and add widgets, tap and hold on the lock screen to edit it.
—Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2025
Building nuclear weapons is not like making widgets.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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