The “widgets” in the editor are a type of Block, not “true” Widgets, like the ones listed in Appearance > Widgets. Each of these types of widget are developed completely differently, so there isn’t a way to add true widgets as blocks or vice versa, and any added to one section will not automatically appear in the other.
Yes, this is needlessly confusing.
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