How to Use device in a Sentence

device

noun
  • The company's method of tracking expenses is just a device to make it seem more profitable.
  • Some of the device makers will have 8 Gen 2 products in the market by the end of the year.
    — Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The Plus is a brand new device, packing a battery about the same size as the Pro Max.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The good news is that there’s a lap desk for pretty much any space and size of device.
    — Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2022
  • This adds up to a device that’s up to twice as fast as the last Mac mini with M2 Pro.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • All of this can be done on that device tucked in your pocket.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 25 July 2025
  • If left to their own devices, hydrangeas will die back in the winter and grow again in the spring.
    — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The package is available to stream on one device at a time.
    — Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Both men shared the patent for the device, and Dr. Mower holds 25 other patents in his own right.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Plus, once fully charged, the device can run for up to 55 minutes at a time.
    — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The device enabled her to go home from the hospital to wait for her new heart.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • Take this as a sign to shop top-notch smart home devices right now—and at under $100 a pop, no less.
    — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
  • But so far, Google Pixel phones are still a very niche device.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The part of the device that stored the voice recordings wasn’t as badly damaged as the recorder itself, Mr. Zhu said.
    — New York Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • George Orwell’s 1984 had the telescreen, a Ring-like device that surveilled and broadcast at the same time.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2023
  • On the device, the sounds are split into 16 sections, with four sounds in each section.
    — Rachael Hogg, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The downside is that these settings no longer apply when a device leaves the home.
    — Jacqueline Nesi, Scientific American, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Even hints of a new type of wearable device might appear in the update.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The Toniebox is a device that a child as young as a toddler can operate.
    — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But the way in which the device moves across the snow in snowboarding is very much a surfing feeling.
    — Lea Lane, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Berent got in touch and arranged to get fitted for the device himself.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The device will cost around $3,000 and Apple isn’t planning to make much money from it.
    — Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
  • For a device that’s made to do just a few things, losing some of those features to a paywall hurts a lot.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The company is also all in the middle of a tour that will bring the device to a series of pop-up sites.
    — Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • Police said the flames were believed to have been shot from the device before the teens got out of the vehicle.
    — Kelli Arseneau, Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The copper device doesn't contain any hormones and can be left alone for up to 8 years.
    — Sarah Klein, Health, 28 May 2024
  • Finally, took off the device and asked one of her daughters for help.
    — Dallas News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Plus, flash drives can be used to spread malware to other devices.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • These are rumored to be color choices for the iPhone 17 Pro devices.
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The framing device feels a bit contrived, but the scenes between Dano and Wright are good enough to keep us interested.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025

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