component

Example Sentences

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Burn-in is like a stress test of a component to detect problems.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Worldwide shipments are expected to fall a historic 12% this year, according to Counterpoint, a tech-market researcher, with heightened component costs driving up prices and dampening consumer spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

But they were important component parts of it, and in hindsight, they told us something important: that women were showing up, online and off, advocating for themselves and each other.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Speaking to the BBC, Bartram said Oakes had been "an extraordinarily important component to the band".

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

They have gone through this cycle at least twice, possibly more—rising to awesome heights, eroding away to nothingness, rising again, each time recycling their component materials in a dazzlingly confused and complex geology.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson