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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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Their windows and tools in their garage often vibrate with the hum of machinery at the nearby well pad.
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Sean Keane, ABC News, 5 Nov. 2024
The top-performing subsectors were base metals, marine industry, and construction machinery.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
That fight demands mounds of smart, cheap machinery.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 30 Oct. 2024
Attendees were given tours of the facility’s training areas, where machinery sat in neat rows under bright lights.
—Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinery. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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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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