device

Example Sentences

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They tracked the source of the attack to a device: a digital picture frame that had fired off hundreds of thousands of junk data packets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Elsewhere, she uses that same device of repetition to freeze-frame happy memories - representing a new way of thinking.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

At a press conference on Tuesday, police confirmed that the device, while crude, was viable.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Set up and turn on whatever kind of “Find my phone” app your device has before getting to the desert.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Long before the electronic device we now know as a computer came into being, “computer” was the job title given to the women who performed mathematical calculations for Langley’s engineers.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson