Examples of machinery in a Sentence
Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.
a piece of farm machinery
Something was clogging the machinery.
The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.
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The work of running a port is a constant maintenance of channels, breakwaters, bridges, and the machinery of seagoing commerce.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Thus the machinery of control remains, ready to be reignited by the next administration eager for intervention.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
For the chemicals industry—so deeply embedded in the machinery of global trade—2025 is a reckoning.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The practice of deep-sea mining involves using machinery to remove minerals and metals — such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese — from the seabed.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 May 2025
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
Thus the machinery of control remains, ready to be reignited by the next administration eager for intervention.
—Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
For the chemicals industry—so deeply embedded in the machinery of global trade—2025 is a reckoning.
—Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
The practice of deep-sea mining involves using machinery to remove minerals and metals — such as cobalt, nickel, copper and manganese — from the seabed.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 15 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for machinery
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinery. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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machinery
noun
ma·chin·ery
mə-ˈshēn-(ə-)rē 
plural machineries
1
: machines in general
2
: the working parts of a machine or instrument
3
: the organization or system by which something is done or carried on
machinery of government
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