widget
noun
a small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, especially one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled; gadget.
widgets
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pluralof widget.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Were Vrabel the CEO of a publicly traded widget factory, he might be in hot water with his board, no matter how many widgets he sold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
They even added iOS widgets and Siri shortcuts recently – “Hey Siri, turn on my VPN” actually works.
From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026
It struck me as a complex way to complete a repetitive task, but that is part of Reframe’s pitch: This is not an assembly line churning out a thousand identical widgets.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2025
For the leaders of today’s cultural industries, films, TV series, albums, even books seem to be no more than widgets on an algorithmic assembly line, as fungible as yards of textile or gauges of steel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025
The day you leave public service all of your knowledge is current, and therefore valuable, especially to companies who want to sell widgets to the government.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
