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gizmo

[giz-moh] / ˈgɪz moʊ /


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The gizmo was 1 3/4” thick and weighed 2 lbs.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Vivoo makes a urine-analysing gizmo that sits on the rim of a toilet bowl, promising to help you understand your hydration "like never before".

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

De Jaen crouches to fiddle with alligator clips and bits of wire, as well as six 100-watt light bulbs and a purple gizmo that looks like an electric waffle iron designed for children.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

At first, I was blinded by the novelty of the $269 solar-roofed gizmo, which arrived on my doorstep last fall as a gift from my father-in-law.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Hey, Paine, can you take a bath with that ankle gizmo, or would you get all electrocuted?”

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen

More younger people are setting aside their screens and heading into the hills on weekends, often equipped with multitools and other gizmos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

Companies are marketing cameras that try to identify people carrying weapons and drones that autonomously monitor border threats, among many other gizmos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

And while claw gizmos and plastic figurines aren’t my thing, I understand their popularity and wouldn’t mind their presence if there was a greater supply of old-school games, and perhaps some pinball machines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

Mobile phones, cameras and other electronic gizmos surrendered, we squeezed along narrow corridors and down stairwells, including a bit of the building that was Henry VIII's tennis court.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

There are always better Net access, newer software, a continuous stream of updates, a more powerful hard drive, a by now incalculable inventory of gadgets and gizmos, programs, graphics, and operating systems.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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