as in gadget
an interesting and often novel device with a practical use
manufacturers of all kinds of widgets for the do-it-yourselfer
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The career mode now gets real-world sponsors; there are new, super-nerdy widgets for the HUD that detail the innerworkings of the powertrain and ECU; track art, foliage, and environmental lighting have seen a lift; and AI has been further balanced, just to name a few other touch-ups.
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Adam Ismail, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
This runs the gamut, including AI agents, an AI assistant, content summarization, risk prediction, text generation, and widget creation.
—Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Compal/iF Design View gallery - 6 images Compal’s award-winning AI Book concept adds a color E Ink display to the laptop’s palm rest area, turning otherwise unused space into a stylus-friendly workspace for notes, widgets, and AI prompts.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
Those domains powered legitimate extension features like weather widgets and new tab pages.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
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Adam Ismail, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
This runs the gamut, including AI agents, an AI assistant, content summarization, risk prediction, text generation, and widget creation.
—Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 10 Mar. 2026
Compal/iF Design View gallery - 6 images Compal’s award-winning AI Book concept adds a color E Ink display to the laptop’s palm rest area, turning otherwise unused space into a stylus-friendly workspace for notes, widgets, and AI prompts.
—New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
Those domains powered legitimate extension features like weather widgets and new tab pages.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for widget
gadget
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Too often, modern technologies, like inter-device connectivity and artificial intelligence, are shoehorned into gadgets that would be more intuitive to use, affordable, accessible, and/or durable without them.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 May 2026
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Players can lean into quiet infiltration with gadgets and disguises, or push for direct firefights and rooftop chase sequences when the situation calls for it.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Widget.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widget. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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