as in tool
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
she tried out a new gadget for weeding the garden
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Recent Examples of gadget
Representatives of the company, under giant banners of Blackpink’s Jennie in Ray-Ban and Kylian Mbappé in Oakley, said the conversation has now shifted from the technology to pushing fashion adoption and as a creator product rather than a gadget.
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 June 2026
This is the new world of AI agents across new types of gadgets envisioned by Cristiano Amon, the CEO of Qualcomm, a chip company that lives at the heart of many consumer devices.
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Arjun Kharpal,kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
Modern gadgets are damaging our ability to daydream, socialize and perceive the physical world.
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Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
If Brazzell is getting the bulk of the clear-out opportunities and Legette is being used as an occasional gadget weapon, what role can Horn really sink his teeth into?
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Mike Kaye
june 17,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
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Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
19 June 2026
This is the new world of AI agents across new types of gadgets envisioned by Cristiano Amon, the CEO of Qualcomm, a chip company that lives at the heart of many consumer devices.
—
Arjun Kharpal,kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
Modern gadgets are damaging our ability to daydream, socialize and perceive the physical world.
—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
If Brazzell is getting the bulk of the clear-out opportunities and Legette is being used as an occasional gadget weapon, what role can Horn really sink his teeth into?
—
Mike Kaye
june 17,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gadget
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The handle of the FieldSpork incorporates two fold-out tools.
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The tools now entering those classrooms are more powerful and far less accountable than anyone writing that legislation could have imagined.
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Texas lawmakers passed a broad blue law in 1961 that prohibited the sale of 42 categories of goods, including clothing, appliances, housewares and hardware, on both Saturday and Sunday.
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Journeymen plumbers have demonstrated competence across water supply systems, sanitary drainage and venting, storm drainage, gas piping and appliance connections, and heating systems.
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Responsible for this outcome is Forme’s proprietary technology that operates based on fabric alone — no fancy gizmos or uncomfortable add-ons in sight.
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An engineering prodigy, Harley has to get creative to survive her large family, and invents a number of gizmos and gadgets to help improve her chaotic household.
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The contraption was invented not once but twice within two years and at the same company laboratory.
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On this day in 1884, the Gravity Pleasure Switchback Railway, the wooden contraption generally considered to have been America’s first roller coaster, opened at Coney Island.
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Display your own photos, widgets like weather, calendars, stick notes and more.
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Over the last few years, home service operators were sold an explosion of AI tools—voice agents, chat widgets, follow-up bots.
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The designer recently also unveiled a Net-a-porter exclusive footwear capsule with Manolo Blahnik, which combines Blahnik’s craftsmanship across shoes and accessories with Wickstead’s feminine and detailed approach to womenswear.
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That means all the important stuff, along with some smaller accessories like weather-resistant furniture covers.
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Bright Angel was the first site SHERLOC examined after a dust-cover anomaly disabled its focusing mechanism, forcing the team to adopt a new operating mode.
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Tianwen-2 carries both a touch-and-go sampling system and an anchor-and-attach mechanism equipped with drills for collecting surface material.
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These economies lose their cheap labor advantage, but don’t have the domestic innovation to create the high-value sectors to compete with wealthier nations.
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Instead of looking only for escapements or technical innovation, Newman encourages appreciation of cases, dials, proportions, engraving, and overall design—the same qualities that define today’s most desirable independent watches.
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“Gadget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gadget. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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