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
Perhaps there was no other way to authentically present artists who were so disinterested in genuflecting to corporate machinery.
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
China imposed retaliatory measures, including a 15% tariff on American coal and liquified natural-gas products as well as a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, and large-engine cars.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The machinery will be running in a few weeks and the company will then be prepared to turn out cloth as well as yarn.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
These are not all interchangeable cogs in the federal machinery.
—Marj Halperin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2025
China imposed retaliatory measures, including a 15% tariff on American coal and liquified natural-gas products as well as a 10% tariff on crude oil, agricultural machinery, and large-engine cars.
—Alana Semuels, TIME, 7 Feb. 2025
The machinery will be running in a few weeks and the company will then be prepared to turn out cloth as well as yarn.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
These are not all interchangeable cogs in the federal machinery.
—Marj Halperin, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 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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Nearly as hard as diamond and with a high energy density, tungsten is critical in the manufacture of weapons such as armor-piercing rounds, as well as having a range of civilian applications, from light bulbs to electric vehicle batteries.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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The initial investigation conducted by the Scott County Sheriff’s Office reported that the vehicle being driven by Martin was traveling northbound on Townline Avenue, crossed over the southbound lane and went into the west ditch before striking a tree.—
Julia Fomby,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The need to capture not only each singer and instrument but all of the crowd noise meant Maitland often had 40 tracks recording at once, all of them using microphones that were period correct to replicate how the performances would have sounded in the early 1960s.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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The agency operates a fleet of 18 satellites that are packed with instruments dedicated to observing weather phenomena essential to predicting the weather, from how hot the land surface is to the water content of the atmosphere.—
Christine Wiedinmyer,
The Conversation,
11 Feb. 2025
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The relationship between the Cubs and the Japanese player came into focus during Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings, where Wasserman agent Joel Wolfe told reporters that the club had broached the subject of Suzuki potentially waiving his no-trade clause.—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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One is focused on the agent, while the other stares at the man being scanned.—
Vicky Hallett,
NPR,
15 Feb. 2025
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As Yuval Levin of the American Enterprise Institute points out, there are ways to put teeth in a more stringent age restriction, create a reliable mechanism for age verification, and give those parents who desperately want their young kids on social media a way to opt in.—
Rich Lowry,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Some economists caution that Trump’s language about America’s trade gap presents an unfair representation of what has become a crucial mechanism for the US economy — its ability to purchase services offered by other countries as well as stuff that isn’t made here much, like coffee.—
David Goldman,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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Endometriosis occurs when tissue similar to the uterine lining grows outside the uterus, potentially affecting various organs, including the bladder and bowel.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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No fall broke her hip and spirit, no disease ravaged her organs, no fog stole her reasoning.—
Dan Pompei,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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