widget

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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

A widget helps walk through the options and will calculate how much of the investment you need to make for the desired monthly benefit.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 17, 2025

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

Most recently, I installed a screen-time widget on my home screen.

From Slate • Nov. 16, 2024

To activate widget A, doohickey B is inserted into slot C. If the one trying to activate the silly thing is you, make you the subject.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner