gizmo

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Comedy and tragedy customarily share space in “Star Trek” — “Section 31” begins with a quote from Aeschylus and includes an extended discussion over whether the gizmo they’re after is called “Godsend” or “God’s End.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 24, 2025

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

That gizmo, Professor Gingerich said, worked well enough that “I could easily see the rings of Saturn, and so it was probably slightly better than Galileo’s telescope.”

From New York Times • Jun. 11, 2023

One of his funniest early stories, “I Can Speak!,” parodied legalistic customer-relations language, in that case involving a gizmo that purported to translate baby talk.

From Washington Post • Oct. 21, 2022

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

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen