device
Example Sentences
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Mr. Foster dismisses their preoccupations with bionic implants or humanoid robots as MacGuffins—Alfred Hitchcock’s term for a device that momentarily advances a movie plot but ultimately fails to develop into anything.
The added devices give any unexpected electricity on the line more places to disperse into the ground, making them less likely to spark a fire.
From Los Angeles Times
Wall Street was nervous that the judge would require Google to sell its Chrome browser and stop the company from paying to make Google the default search provider on Apple devices.
From Barron's
Wall Street was nervous that the judge would require Google to sell its Chrome browser and stop the company from paying to make Google the default search provider on Apple devices.
From Barron's
He jumped on opportunities to sell services and gear needed by companies racing to adapt to the internet age, such as computer servers, data-storage devices and database software.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
