How to Use apparatus in a Sentence
apparatus
noun-
Since the launch of their life-altering apparatus in 1903, airplanes have come a long way.
— Tracy Scott Forson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024 -
The former pertains to a commercial car wash where the vehicle moves on a conveyor style apparatus during the wash and the driver can remain in the vehicle.
— John Benson, cleveland, 16 Feb. 2022 -
Just owning a phone brings with it the possibility of communication with agents of the security apparatus.
— John Beck, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022 -
These Building Back Together ads are a sign that the larger Bidenworld apparatus is trying to correct that.
— Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2022 -
As an environment for viewing ourselves within the apparatus of large-scale spectacle, the show positioned Gale in a long line of artists as people-watchers.
— Ellen Y. Tani, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2024 -
Revenue from oil and gas exports will continue to flow, and that will provide Putin with enough funds to maintain the state’s security apparatus and put down popular unrest.
— Peter Rutland, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2022 -
Such experiments work because the motion is controlled by an apparatus similar to an animal’s nervous system.
— Joanna Thompson, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2022 -
The new station will accommodate more volunteers, larger events and allow for easier apparatus access.
— Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 5 Nov. 2024 -
In what might seem like a plot twist in a dystopian novel, insiders within China’s surveillance apparatus have found ways to profit from the system, Wired reports.
— Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 -
Then her gaze flicked over to the rolling drums of the apparatus and the black paper that had opened a window to her heart.
— Amit Katwala, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023 -
And that spot went to 19-year-old Kocian who turned in top scores on the apparatus at the trials.
— Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 16 Jan. 2024 -
Britney Spears is putting her dance skills to the test with a brand new apparatus.
— Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 14 Aug. 2023 -
The trick that’s worked best for me over the years doesn’t involve a third party apparatus.
— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 13 Dec. 2023 -
The apparatus stands a few feet high, with three legs and a metal head that’s angled toward the sky.
— Popular Science, 21 Feb. 2024 -
The idea of a wave-dampening apparatus is not new, but what is new is the purpose and the scale of the Wavebreaker.
— Aruni Soni, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2023 -
The machine was also supposed to have a limit switch to slow the speed of the rollers when the guard is raised, but the apparatus had been removed.
— Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 15 June 2022 -
Leave the whole apparatus on the stove, and let the residual heat and steam gently melt the chocolate and butter.
— Charlotte Druckman, WSJ, 1 Feb. 2023 -
The workings of the apparatus is not lost to Uvalde residents.
— Palabra, al, 7 June 2022 -
Jim Cramer doesn’t have a great record versus the S&P 500, but there’s a whole apparatus on cable news that the advice stays within the bounds.
— Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 24 July 2022 -
The tan leather breathing apparatus Spurway wore on her chest was called a Salvus.
— Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024 -
Sasha took the bottle and walked over to the military apparatus.
— Vladimir Sorokin, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 -
If the right-wing media apparatus is able to put a sour taste in the minds of the millions who turn to it for news, that could spell at least some bad news for Disney...
— Oliver Darcy, CNN, 30 Mar. 2022 -
Biles had the top all-around score, and the high mark in three of four the individual apparatuses.
— Ina Fried, Axios, 28 July 2024 -
There was no sign that any of the security apparatus around Putin had - had switched sides.
— CBS News, 25 June 2023 -
There was no sign that any of the security apparatus around Putin had- had switched sides.
— CBS News, 25 June 2023 -
That was by Skye Blakely, who came off the beam after her foot landed on the edge of the 4-inch apparatus on a back somersault.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022 -
There is show-and-tell with an apparatus that can detect volatile chemicals in the parts-per-trillion range.
— Dan Zak, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023 -
He’s been working on the mental side of competing, which gave him the confidence to be the first member of the U.S. team on most of the apparatus in the sessions in Paris so far.
— Alice Park/paris, TIME, 31 July 2024 -
But the probes involve lasers, microscopes, and other apparatus far too heavy for such a small head.
— IEEE Spectrum, 9 Dec. 2023 -
The apparatus allows lifters to load up heavy and press with confidence, without the need for a spotter in case of failure.
— Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
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