gizmo

The gizmo was 1 3/4” thick and weighed 2 lbs.,

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Vivoo makes a urine-analysing gizmo that sits on the rim of a toilet bowl, promising to help you understand your hydration "like never before".

From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026

Comedy and tragedy customarily share space in “Star Trek” — “Section 31” begins with a quote from Aeschylus and includes an extended discussion over whether the gizmo they’re after is called “Godsend” or “God’s End.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025

De Jaen crouches to fiddle with alligator clips and bits of wire, as well as six 100-watt light bulbs and a purple gizmo that looks like an electric waffle iron designed for children.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

“Okay, so the authorities are being snookered by these hidden messages. But how could they resist the facts? Show them your Receiver gizmo, Mr. Benedict. They’ll have to believe you.”

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart

Companies are marketing cameras that try to identify people carrying weapons and drones that autonomously monitor border threats, among many other gizmos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

And while claw gizmos and plastic figurines aren’t my thing, I understand their popularity and wouldn’t mind their presence if there was a greater supply of old-school games, and perhaps some pinball machines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2025

Mobile phones, cameras and other electronic gizmos surrendered, we squeezed along narrow corridors and down stairwells, including a bit of the building that was Henry VIII's tennis court.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2025

Google instead wants to blitz you with buggy new gizmos whose basic functionalities lack everything that made Google an empire, a verb, a dependable custodian of the information superhighway.

From Slate ● May 16, 2024

He thinks they need to be tricked out with gadgets and gizmos and holographic displays.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein