cursor
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The primary perk of touch: You don’t have to find the cursor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
The other day, I found myself looking at a blinking cursor in a blank address bar in a new tab of my web browser.
From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026
In trials, patients have demonstrated thought-controlled cursor navigation and robotic arm manipulation -- genuine breakthroughs, although ethicists and regulators have raised questions about privacy and long-term safety.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
The cursor hovers over files labelled 'Italy' and 'Northern Ireland' – Wales' potential play-off final opponents – and then back to 'Bosnia'.
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2026
But the first time I tried, I just sat there looking at the blinking cursor until my butt hurt from all the sitting.
From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin
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The once-again en vogue giant animated cursors that chase you.
From The Verge ● Jul. 13, 2022
Even after she was declared legally blind, however, she was able to write with the aid of oversized cursors and computer fonts.
From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
In December 2015, engineers in Ukrainian power stations saw cursors on their computer screens moving by themselves.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2022
I need a few days away from blinking cursors, and the toast popping up at the exact same moment every morning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2016
Once upon a time, when glass ttys were common and addressable cursors were something special, what is now called a dumb terminal could pass for a smart terminal.
From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele
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