How to Use configuration in a Sentence

configuration

noun
  • We'll have to change the configuration of the system to accommodate the new server.
  • The configuration of wings is different from a seraphim to an archangel.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Anytime the camera cut to any group in any configuration, the consensus was clear — Rome was the name.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Each train uses a three-car configuration, and each car can hold 53 passengers.
    Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
  • But configuration has also left the food bank confined on space, with few areas for people to walk, and limiting the amount of food that can be stored.
    Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Look for more configuration and pricing details, as well as a full review, when systems become available.
    PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The hotel has 132 rooms of various sizes and configurations, and many suites can be connected to a deluxe room for even more space.
    Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The configuration of the stadium keeps the Dolphins’ sideline in shadow while the visitor’s bench stays in the sun.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Tamariz eliminates most of the cards, laying out those remaining in a different configuration, face down.
    Shuja Haider, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2023
  • Perhaps a certain configuration in the offensive zone is more conducive to producing scoring chances.
    Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • But the real has started to feel more and more elusive as the urban growth machine has facilitated culinary landscapes entrenched in an endless configuration of white walls, salad bars and food halls.
    Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The configuration of the foils mounted under the body of the Pegasus is a little different to the multi-passenger boats and ferries now in production.
    Paul Ridden, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Of course the pitchers mound to home plate, and the bases and all that are the same, but the field configurations were different.
    Khari Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2023
  • All of the rickshaw configurations have a top speed of 28 mph, while the scooter can reach up to 37 mph.
    Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The main difference between the two is the configuration of the wheels, Comite said.
    Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 22 July 2023
  • Set the leg configuration within the shims, place drill bit through the predrilled leg holes, and drill a 3/8-inch hole into the cornhole frame.
    Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • There are now projects that have more than 200 KB for their configuration files alone.
    IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The road will reopen to traffic in the new configuration at 6 a.m. Jan. 30.
    Wells Dusenbury, Sun Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Mitsubishi's goal was to sell the H3 at $51 million per launch in its base configuration.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The jet stream can get stuck in this configuration, causing a heat wave to continue to build and sometimes break records.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 18 June 2024
  • What drew you to this configuration of the problem, these details?
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 18 June 2023
  • The passing lanes will be closed and two lanes of traffic will be shifted to the right in each direction as part of the new traffic configuration.
    Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2023
  • The configuration process takes a while and requires you to identify the light closest to the middle of the room (the beacon) and one or more lights at the corners (the processors).
    Simon Hill, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Apple didn't change the number of cores in its neural engine but sped up what the 16-core configuration can do.
    Eric Zeman, PCMAG, 15 May 2024
  • The author of the post wanted to know whether anyone else had seen faces morph into strange configurations.
    Shayla Love, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Watch Out For: The two-by-two seating configuration means passengers in window seats have to step past their neighbors to get to the aisle.
    Victoria M. Walker, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Once your child has found all 12 configurations, glue the cubes together and paint them as desired.
    Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Both of the latter configurations are also on sale at Woot, albeit for $20 more.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 7 Dec. 2023
  • About this story Due to the uncertainty of the configuration of the debris in the river, renderings may not be to scale.
    Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The vast amount of travel backpacks on the market today has led us to have all sorts of bag openings and packing configurations.
    John Thompson, Men's Health, 14 Mar. 2023

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