as in appliances
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 gadgets
The Arts District Market This store will sell a variety of travel necessities, including tech gadgets and small items.
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Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
What this means for you This research brings us closer to safe, at-home or small-scale recycling kits that could recover silver from old gadgets.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Now, those gadgets once limited to works of science fiction are inching close to reality.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Amazon has plenty more clever kitchen gadgets to shop for.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Nonfunctional Gadgets and Tech Outdated gadgets are rarely suitable for donation.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025
Typhur’s mission goes beyond simply building gadgets.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Big-ticket gadgets just dropped in price on Amazon today, and the savings are huge.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Laptops, printers and other tech gadgets have been disappearing from Broward schools, in part due to lax controls during the COVID-19 pandemic, recent audits state.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2025
What this means for you This research brings us closer to safe, at-home or small-scale recycling kits that could recover silver from old gadgets.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
Now, those gadgets once limited to works of science fiction are inching close to reality.
—Kif Leswing, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Amazon has plenty more clever kitchen gadgets to shop for.
—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Nonfunctional Gadgets and Tech Outdated gadgets are rarely suitable for donation.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Sep. 2025
Typhur’s mission goes beyond simply building gadgets.
—Matt Emma, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Big-ticket gadgets just dropped in price on Amazon today, and the savings are huge.
—Shubham Yewale, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025
Laptops, printers and other tech gadgets have been disappearing from Broward schools, in part due to lax controls during the COVID-19 pandemic, recent audits state.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gadgets
Noun
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Typhur’s new Sync appliances change that equation entirely.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The price of dishwashers, along with most appliances, has seen a long-term, shallow downward trend, making such purchases even more affordable.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Many students rely on social media platforms to access online classes, research materials and collaborative learning tools.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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By transforming consumer devices into medical monitoring tools, gaps could be bridged in health care by providing continuous oversight.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Over the years, the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog became renowned for gadgets, gizmos and innovative products.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Check out some of the latest tech gizmos that caught our eye this season.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA TODAY,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Material to be covered includes choosing the right camera, choosing compatible accessories and techniques to produce pleasing night sky photographs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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Tools Shop your favorite category or keep scrolling for the year's very best hot tools, makeup brushes, and hair accessories.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Smaller bamboo contraptions often poke out of windows, or cover air conditioning units and balconies.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
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So Ukrainian and Russian mechanics keep tinkering with their contraptions to keep the tanks in the fight.—
Marco Hernandez,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The widgets beat the leaders — until the empire can’t adapt.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Sep. 2025
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This combines a head-up-display (HUD) with a customizable row of widgets at the bottom of the windscreen – alongside a large but not excessive central infotainment display.—
James Morris,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Powering Ahead, which is scheduled for next Thursday, will focus on innovations in energy and plastics technology.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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As evidenced by the years of work and billions spent just to attain drug approval, pharmaceutical companies go to enormous lengths to get their innovations into the marketplace.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Industries sprouted and bloomed, inventions burgeoned, standards of living for masses always hit new heights.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Her childhood was a very creative one, filled with drawing, painting, designing, and tinkering with small inventions.—
Ugonnaora Owoh,
Essence,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Gadgets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gadgets. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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