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widget

[wij-it] / ˈwɪdʒ ɪt /


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Wanting to keep the widget but not the ads, the 49-year-old in Edgewater, Md., made sure his home router’s ad-blocking software extended to his fridge.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 23, 2026

Candidates in a real process would be able to log their issue with the on-screen help widget and receive a new link to restart the assessment, the company's VP of product, Claudia Baijens, says.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2025

As if health coverage is a widget the company has engineered rather than a lifeline it is cutting.

From MarketWatch Nov. 19, 2025

It also runs substantive service journalism, like this column, by Michael J. Coren, about the threat of climate change on homeowners, with a widget that can assess the vulnerability of specific counties.

From Slate Oct. 29, 2024

But what on earth is a widget fern?”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

But today, as A.I. widgets ooze through every crack of our digital lives, our reflexive outrage at the overreach is starting to wear down.

From Slate Apr. 23, 2026

Technology and social media and artificial intelligence have turned us into widgets or worse, vessels for “engagement.”

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 8, 2026

They even added iOS widgets and Siri shortcuts recently – “Hey Siri, turn on my VPN” actually works.

From Salon Feb. 11, 2026

In a factory, widgets travel down a conveyor belt, and workers tweak those widgets along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 31, 2025

Forget about reading books, buy no computers or widgets.

From The Cyberpunk Fakebook by St. Jude




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