as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
sincerely believes that the machinery of government can be used to better people's lives
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Recent Examples of machinery
The exhibit is filled with old machinery, tools, teapots, tattered vintage packaging, and maps.
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Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
The United States, in turn, sends Denmark more than $5 billion in goods, including industrial machinery, computers, aircraft and scientific instruments.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The control room is smoky, the air conditioner barely functions, and every piece of machinery generates a frustrating amount of background noise.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
Imports: With about half of U.S. ocean imports passing through the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, a wide range of products are affected, including produce, cars, auto and machinery parts, clothing, pharmaceuticals, wine and spirits, holiday goods like toys, and seafood, experts said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
The United States, in turn, sends Denmark more than $5 billion in goods, including industrial machinery, computers, aircraft and scientific instruments.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The control room is smoky, the air conditioner barely functions, and every piece of machinery generates a frustrating amount of background noise.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
Imports: With about half of U.S. ocean imports passing through the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, a wide range of products are affected, including produce, cars, auto and machinery parts, clothing, pharmaceuticals, wine and spirits, holiday goods like toys, and seafood, experts said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machinery
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Amtrak is also not considered a department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government and its overseeing regulatory body, the OIG, remains open during shutdowns as well.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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But the instrumentality of so many of his characters seems to have reached a nadir in The City and Its Uncertain Walls.—
Bailey Trela,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
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The guard told 911 dispatch that a suspicious vehicle — a dark SUV — had driven through his yard.—
Emma Steele,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Car owners looking to check the status of their vehicles, car parts, or car accessories can enter their information into the NHTSA recall database or check USA TODAY's recall database for car and motor vehicle recalls.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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The treatment began with a healing ceremony in the spa’s lush outdoor lounge, where a small orchestra of local instruments re-created the sounds of the jungle, complete with jaguar screams.—
Brittani Sonnenberg,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2025
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On all of the other instruments, Africans reinterpreted performance on them.—
Jared Mccallister,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Even though Joel Wolfe, Sasaki's agent, has been trying to dispel that notion since at least November, he was asked to address it again Wednesday at Sasaki's introductory press conference in Los Angeles.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Trump administration’s Tuesday announcement that federal immigration agents would not face limits on arrests at or near sensitive locations — which alongside schools, also covers hospitals and houses of worship — undid over a decade of precedent, including Trump’s first four years in office.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Web site also has a video that beautifully explains the mechanism that yields this fascinating phenomenon.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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Creating a tax mechanism to bring in private investment is not about picking one tax structure over another.—
George Cardenas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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The 15-foot carcass was covered in bite wounds and stripped of its internal organs, leaving locals and scientists with the same question: What on Earth could have killed it?—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2025
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According to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, organ meats contain about 1.8 to 1.9 mg of iron for every 3 oz. cooked.—
Audrey Noble,
Vogue,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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