component

Example Sentences

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Burn-in is like a stress test of a component to detect problems.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The plantation also became a central component in new transnational commercial networks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

When this price rises, it typically pushes up fuel prices too, because oil is a key component.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

But they were important component parts of it, and in hindsight, they told us something important: that women were showing up, online and off, advocating for themselves and each other.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Each time Crick frowned as he added another component, Watson’s stomach took a turn—but in the end, the whole thing fit together, like a perfectly solved puzzle.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee