How to Use configuration in a Sentence

configuration

noun
  • We'll have to change the configuration of the system to accommodate the new server.
  • Of course the pitchers mound to home plate, and the bases and all that are the same, but the field configurations were different.
    — Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • All of the rickshaw configurations have a top speed of 28 mph, while the scooter can reach up to 37 mph.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The main difference between the two is the configuration of the wheels, Comite said.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 22 July 2023
  • In that configuration, the vessel could reach a top speed of 40 knots.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Set the leg configuration within the shims, place drill bit through the predrilled leg holes, and drill a 3/8-inch hole into the cornhole frame.
    — Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • That configuration also has a two-way bike lane running along the east side of the road.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2025
  • The route is already a temporary configuration amid the years-long project to widen the lanes.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 18 Jan. 2022
  • There are now projects that have more than 200 KB for their configuration files alone.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Worm drivers: In this configuration, the motor sits behind the blade, and uses worm-like gears (hence the name) to spin the blade.
    — Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The exact configuration of lines and swirls that make up your fingerprints are thought to be unique to you.
    — Matt Burgess, Wired, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Part road course and part oval, the Roval configuration made its debut four years ago.
    — Ellen J. Horrow, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The road will reopen to traffic in the new configuration at 6 a.m. Jan. 30.
    — Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The configuration of wings is different from a seraphim to an archangel.
    — Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The size, shape and configuration of the canopy also makes a difference, Locke said.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Walter Hamada will still have a role to play in the new configuration.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 1 June 2022
  • The stroller has more than 20 configurations, and can carry up to two little ones.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, TIME, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Families with kids will love the room configuration—two pairs of bunk beds plus a queen.
    — Sam Pfeifle, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
  • With the configuration of the coastline the water can spread very far inland and cause heavy damage.
    — Dave Epstein, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Anytime the camera cut to any group in any configuration, the consensus was clear — Rome was the name.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • And customers will have a choice of either a rear-wheel or all-wheel drive configuration.
    — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 9 Feb. 2022
  • The portrait, made by the poster's 9-year-old daughter, showed the woman's face in side profile with her hair up in a strange configuration.
    — Maria Morava, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The 2023 season will be the first under the Big Ten’s new broadcast rights configuration.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 26 Oct. 2022
  • But, as the three teenage deaths illustrate, this threat does not come in just one configuration.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2025
  • The steel rope doesn’t allow stretching, and keeps each of the roofs in the exact same configuration for opening and closing.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Mitsubishi's goal was to sell the H3 at $51 million per launch in its base configuration.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t miss your chance to get this configuration at a discount.
    — Karl Klockars, PCMAG, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The jet stream can get stuck in this configuration, causing a heat wave to continue to build and sometimes break records.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 18 June 2024
  • The district approved a plan this year to close one school and change the grade configuration or focus of several others in order to compete with charter schools.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Upgrade 5: the new model has a different speaker configuration, plus an extra speaker on the back.
    — David Phelan, Forbes.com, 6 Apr. 2025

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