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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

It's a gizmo that looks like a jackknife, but really it's a whole bunch of little screwdrivers and wrenches and even a little magnifying glass.

From "Freak The Mighty" by Rodman Philbrick

In addition to his standard arsenal of electrified gizmos and samples, a constant presence on the record is the hurdy-gurdy, a medieval instrument that generates a drone via a hand-cranked wheel that vibrates strings.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 3, 2026

So the TiVo and ReplayTV boxes that once identified their owners as early adopters of a new video technology have become candidates for museums of obsolete gizmos.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 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

Google instead wants to blitz you with buggy new gizmos whose basic functionalities lack everything that made Google an empire, a verb, a dependable custodian of the information superhighway.

From Slate May 16, 2024

He thinks they need to be tricked out with gadgets and gizmos and holographic displays.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein




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