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device

[dih-vahys] / dɪˈvaɪs /




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Katz wrote in an email that the extra expense of around $2,000 per device were “cost prohibitive and detrimental to public safety.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

The ICD is a small life-saving device which detects problems with the heart's rhythm and immediately tries to correct them.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Around a decade later, when Danovich went to a clinic for another IUD—a small, T-shaped birth control device that’s inserted past the cervix into the uterus—she asked the doctor for pain medication.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

An agentic smartphone will need to find personal context on the device — such as calendar events, messages, photos and contacts — and plan and execute workflows using that information.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

“It might work like it’s supposed to and take you where you want to go. But we can’t be sure. The island’s magic is obviously unstable. You must rig up your guidance device to navigate.”

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan




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