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

Worldwide shipments are expected to fall a historic 12% this year, according to Counterpoint, a tech-market researcher, with heightened component costs driving up prices and dampening consumer spending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Under Casey, the state had every right to regulate therapists’ speech as one component of a larger law regulating the medical profession.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

The second major component of swing was a lilting effect achieved by subtly shifting the subdivisions of the given four-in- a-bar beat.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall