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also hi-tech
as in modern
relating to or using new electronic devices and technology
high-tech devices The methods they use are very high-tech.
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Recent Examples of high-tech
Barroom darts may be familiar territory, but Flight Club Denver elevates the pastime into a sleek, high-tech experience set in a space that feels like a British pub meets a Victorian fairground.
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Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
With trap doors and illusions around every corner, the show is one of the most high-tech theatrical offerings in the city.
—Abraham Swee, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
In response to the moves to constrain China’s AI capabilities, China cut off America’s access to critical minerals needed for a variety of high-tech industries.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
At the start of the search for Guthrie, the county deputies union blasted the sheriff for a staffing decision that allegedly delayed the flight of the sheriff's high-tech search and rescue plane — with its pilot reassigned to regular street patrols.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
One floor underground is a labyrinth of snazzy, high-tech equipment designed to bio-hack, educate and optimize performance.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
There’s no need for elaborate, high-tech designs, only a sensitivity to ventilation, shade, openness, and materials that feel rooted in local life.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
During reentry, the center will participate in a high-speed relay of military and civilian planes to chase the capsule and measure how the heat shield performs with high-tech telescopes and sensors.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Kura Sushi, the popular Japanese chain that sends handmade sushi to its restaurant customers via conveyor belt, has brought its high-tech service model to Union City.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Brittany Anas, Denver Post, 3 Apr. 2026
With trap doors and illusions around every corner, the show is one of the most high-tech theatrical offerings in the city.
—Abraham Swee, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
In response to the moves to constrain China’s AI capabilities, China cut off America’s access to critical minerals needed for a variety of high-tech industries.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 2 Apr. 2026
At the start of the search for Guthrie, the county deputies union blasted the sheriff for a staffing decision that allegedly delayed the flight of the sheriff's high-tech search and rescue plane — with its pilot reassigned to regular street patrols.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
One floor underground is a labyrinth of snazzy, high-tech equipment designed to bio-hack, educate and optimize performance.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
There’s no need for elaborate, high-tech designs, only a sensitivity to ventilation, shade, openness, and materials that feel rooted in local life.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 1 Apr. 2026
During reentry, the center will participate in a high-speed relay of military and civilian planes to chase the capsule and measure how the heat shield performs with high-tech telescopes and sensors.
—Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026
Kura Sushi, the popular Japanese chain that sends handmade sushi to its restaurant customers via conveyor belt, has brought its high-tech service model to Union City.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-tech
Adjective
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But this modern approach is teamed with ancient medicinal practices and a holistic, full-circle philosophy.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
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Those are just some of the ways in which the three elements have become critical for modern manufacturing, including for defense.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Other musts in the cocooning space are the 90-minute full-body scrub with Sicilian raw sea salt, sweet fennel and rosemary in the hammam, the futuristic energy hack with PEMF, hypervolt and LED face masks, and body toning sessions using Biologique Recherche.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Italian piazzas are covered by retractable, UV-filtering canopies, deployed each morning like futuristic umbrellas against an invisible downpour.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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These nursery primers turned out to be the start of Tennyson’s lifetime immersion in contemporary science.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Actually, as Dyer shows, those near-contemporary newspaper articles were anything but definitive proof.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Apr. 2026
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“High-tech.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-tech. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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