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
An even more daunting purchase for U.S. manufacturers in 2025 is machinery, much of which is sourced from Asia or Europe.
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 14 Mar. 2025
Steel tariffs raise production costs for the manufacturing sector and other steel-intensive U.S. industries, like automobiles, farming machinery, household appliances, construction and oil drilling, O’Neil and Huesa wrote.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Daniel Edwards grew up immersed in the sights and sounds of construction — the scent of sawdust and the hum of machinery hauling lumber.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025
On the services side, more than 40% of the decline came from a 1.4% decrease in margins for machinery and vehicle wholesaling.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
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Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 14 Mar. 2025
Steel tariffs raise production costs for the manufacturing sector and other steel-intensive U.S. industries, like automobiles, farming machinery, household appliances, construction and oil drilling, O’Neil and Huesa wrote.
—Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2025
Daniel Edwards grew up immersed in the sights and sounds of construction — the scent of sawdust and the hum of machinery hauling lumber.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 8 Mar. 2025
On the services side, more than 40% of the decline came from a 1.4% decrease in margins for machinery and vehicle wholesaling.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 13 Mar. 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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City firefighters responded to the 900 block of West Pratt Street for reports of a vehicle into a building around 8:30 p.m.—
Michelle Deal-Zimmerman,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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State police stopped pursuing the vehicle out of safety concerns for other motorists.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
27 Mar. 2025
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The Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lunar lander arrived on the moon on March 2 to deliver a suite of science and technology instruments, according to NASA.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
20 Mar. 2025
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The filing also includes details on the company's financial instruments, borrowings, and legal proceedings, with no significant changes reported in these areas.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
20 Mar. 2025
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Family Photo That all changed on the evening of March 8, when federal agents arrived at their door.—
Erin Moriarty,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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Here, traffic optimization isn’t just a single system’s job; fleets of autonomous vehicles, interconnected traffic lights, and predictive analytics engines work as coordinated agents, dynamically rerouting vehicles and minimizing congestion.—
Cathy Hackl,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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German lawmakers moved quickly to establish a funding mechanism for a huge increase in German defense spending; now Sweden is following suit.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The only modifications: noting that the approximately $9 tourist levy introduced in February 2024 is in fact mandatory, and upping enforcement mechanisms for broader compliance with the rules.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
28 Mar. 2025
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Instead, the organ triggers insulin resistance within it.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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Sometimes the internal organs are inspected in situ, but more typically they are removed, washed down, and dissected on a water table.—
Samuel Ashworth,
The Atlantic,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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