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 whole state machinery can start enforcing what were previously considered crimes, and moral norms can be changed along with them.
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 2 Apr. 2025
The United States has exported chiefly chemicals, machinery and transportation equipment to Russia and imported mainly oils, chemicals and metals.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Survivors in Mandalay, Burma's second-biggest city, dug with their bare hands on Friday in desperate attempts to save those still trapped, lacking heavy machinery and with authorities absent.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Some of the election machinery has been damaged, too.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 Mar. 2025
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Sigal Samuel, Vox, 2 Apr. 2025
The United States has exported chiefly chemicals, machinery and transportation equipment to Russia and imported mainly oils, chemicals and metals.
—Stuart Anderson, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Survivors in Mandalay, Burma's second-biggest city, dug with their bare hands on Friday in desperate attempts to save those still trapped, lacking heavy machinery and with authorities absent.
—Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
Some of the election machinery has been damaged, too.
—Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 29 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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Investigators suspect that Martinez may have been struck by a vehicle, the release said.—
Remington Miller,
Arkansas Online,
8 Apr. 2025
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The news came more than seven months after he and his brother, Matthew, were fatally struck by a vehicle in New Jersey while riding bicycles the day before their sister’s wedding.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The instrument, now in its fourth year of surveying the sky, can observe light from 5,000 galaxies at the same time.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2025
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Webb’s powerful instruments calculated the asteroid at about 200 feet, or roughly the height of a 15-story building.—
Amanda Kooser,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The defense pointed to several potential suspects at the home at the time, including Albert, his nephew and their friend, an agent for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives who had been exchanging flirty text messages with Read.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
5 Apr. 2025
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Oh yes, and there was one other common denominator with all these contract extensions: None of the agents involved was named Scott Boras.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
5 Apr. 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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But melanoma cells in the blood or other organs experience stress from higher levels of reactive oxygen molecule levels.—
Amber Dance,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Apr. 2025
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Similar to hypothermia in humans, cold stress can lead to skin decay, infection and even organ failure in manatees.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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