How to Use device in a Sentence

device

noun
  • The company's method of tracking expenses is just a device to make it seem more profitable.
  • The device enabled her to go home from the hospital to wait for her new heart.
    Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • The copper device doesn't contain any hormones and can be left alone for up to 8 years.
    Sarah Klein, Health, 28 May 2024
  • The product includes magnets, meaning that multiple devices can be stacked on top of each other, like credit cards.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 26 July 2024
  • The Worx device includes a charger (the battery is internal) and six popular bits.
    Sarah Halverson, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 May 2024
  • Scientists are still working to pinpoint exactly how the device helps patients’ recovery.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2024
  • Utilities across the country have reported an uptick in recent years from scammers who often use electronic devices to defraud consumers.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
  • While diaphragms can be a good choice for people who want to avoid some of the side effects of hormonal birth control or who don’t like the inconvenience of condoms, the device has some drawbacks.
    Wendy Wisner, Health, 27 July 2024
  • During her pre-op appointment, Ulrich showed Sanchez a pamphlet for a new procedure using a device called a Sonata.
    Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
  • The devices laid the foundation for the modern era of microchips, computers, and information technology.
    IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2024
  • Plus, once fully charged, the device can run for up to 55 minutes at a time.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Take this as a sign to shop top-notch smart home devices right now—and at under $100 a pop, no less.
    Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2024
  • On the device, the sounds are split into 16 sections, with four sounds in each section.
    Rachael Hogg, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The device will cost around $3,000 and Apple isn’t planning to make much money from it.
    Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2023
  • For a device that’s made to do just a few things, losing some of those features to a paywall hurts a lot.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The company is also all in the middle of a tour that will bring the device to a series of pop-up sites.
    Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • The devices emit carbon monoxide, which is a poisonous gas that can be lethal.
    Aya Elamroussi, CNN, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In this study, there were seven people who had the surgery, and then this bionic device used with it.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
  • It can also be controlled by the BU-Touch app from a mobile device.
    Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Jan. 2024
  • News of the mayor’s devices being seized was first reported by The New York Times.
    Melissa Russo, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Similar to most devices these days, this watch needs to be charged after three to five days.
    Casey Clark, Parents, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Of buying chairs, shoes, and devices that help to encourage it?
    Beth Linker, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The most common device used in BCI research, the Utah array, records from 100 electrodes.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Pritchard borrows his cell to fake-call his wife and uses the NSA device to download the tap onto Ressler's phone.
    Tanya Melendez, EW.com, 30 June 2023
  • The device has three adjustable modes — the first is for daily cleaning, the second for deep cleaning, and the third for hard-to-remove stains.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The research also said working on a device such as a laptop, phone or tablet makes the time pass more quickly.
    Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This tool is coming to Pixel 6 or newer devices as well as the Pixel Fold.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
  • These clever devices keep things in check between deep cleanings.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2023
  • Go all out with a spankin' new skin-care device like the portable NuFace Mini+ or stock up on the beloved Cosrx snail mucin essence.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 11 Nov. 2023
  • This device has the ability to magnify a smartphone screen by up to five times and can do so across its 18-inch screen.
    Jenna Clark, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2023

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