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[wij-it] / ˈwɪdʒ ɪt /


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Instead of a pricey plastic widget, you can use anything with a near field communication, or NFC, tag to act as your “Brick.”

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2026

But he’s not the CEO of a publicly traded widget factory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

Samsung launched the banner-type fridge ads that come as part of the widget via an October software update.

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

But what on earth is a widget fern?”

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

A humdrum company making widgets might snag a better valuation by remaining private until it became more established.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 29, 2026

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

From Salon ● Feb. 11, 2026

It struck me as a complex way to complete a repetitive task, but that is part of Reframe’s pitch: This is not an assembly line churning out a thousand identical widgets.

From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2025

For the leaders of today’s cultural industries, films, TV series, albums, even books seem to be no more than widgets on an algorithmic assembly line, as fungible as yards of textile or gauges of steel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 19, 2025

Forget about reading books, buy no computers or widgets.

From The Cyberpunk Fakebook by St. Jude


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