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desktop

[desk-top] / ˈdɛskˌtɒp /
NOUN
desktop computer
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Authorities searched his business in November 2019 and seized his desktop computer and other evidence.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Please do not use Cowork or other desktop agents like OpenClaw unless you understand these risks.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Last week, OpenAI announced that it was combining its ChatGPT desktop app, coding tool Codex and browser into one “superapp.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

Craig Bellamy takes a seat at his desk and connects his laptop to a projector showing its contents on the opposite wall, the desktop background barely visible behind a maze of files and folders.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

I wanted to get as far away from her as humanly possible, but I dug my fingernails into the desktop and forced myself to stay put.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia