engine

as in machine
a device that changes energy into mechanical motion a car with a 200-horsepower engine

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Recent Examples of engine Those engines power Boeing and Airbus narrow-body planes. Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025 Morongo Fire Department is assisting with one engine. Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Even for vehicles assembled in America, about 40% of the parts, such as engines from Canada and wiring harnesses from Mexico, are imported. Bedassa Tadesse, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2025 Today’s flagship data center GPUs, like Nvidia’s Hopper and newer Blackwell architecture, are dubbed the engines of this new industrial revolution. Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for engine

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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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