How to Use system in a Sentence

system

noun
  • The players like the coach's system.
  • Under the new system, students will have to pass an exam to graduate.
  • She devised a new filing system.
  • We need a better system for handling incoming e-mail.
  • The mass of the entire system is just 16 times that of the Sun.
    Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Caine said the failures in the DCFS system run from up high all the way down the line.
    CBS News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The message to the whole system is, don't try anything.
    CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
  • And so that’s going to take time to figure out who’s the new you in that system.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Don’t wait for the scam alert system the IRS is working to set up by next year.
    Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
  • And what are your thoughts on going fare free system wide?
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • The majority of the drug is out of one's system after about 10 to 12 hours.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
  • It’s known as a 10-in-1 cookware system that can fry, sear, bake, boil, roast, steam, strain, and more.
    Tiana Randall, Architectural Digest, 27 June 2024
  • The big issue with caste is who is inside the caste system and who is outside.
    Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • Betts hit the ball hard, batting .316 in Boston’s farm system.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
  • In Atlanta, Pyne’s work on a project to look into the city’s public school system led to a school board turnover.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
  • For the first time, Apple will need to allow third-party app stores and billing systems in the region.
    Mark Gurman, Bloomberg.com, 12 Dec. 2023
  • How the Iron Dome system works: Iron Dome can detect and engage rockets up to 40 miles away.
    George Petras, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Problems with the toll road and the collection system surfaced months ago.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In the years leading up to the year 2000, rumors swirled about a bug that would wreak havoc on computer systems around the world.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
  • The reigning champion Boston Celtics are the next great test of this system.
    Jerry Brewer, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • The upgrade to look for is a braking system, a feature that hasn't yet trickled down from high-end brands.
    Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • For years this multipart system worked great for both sides.
    Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • But what could be powering a vent system strong enough to heat an entire ocean?
    WIRED, 24 Dec. 2023
  • This alternating system allows for snow plows to work on both sides of the street.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The tires bounced in accordance with the truck’s suspension system.
    Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024
  • No other stately home in the land can boast such a simple and eco-friendly system.
    Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
  • An ancient river system from the era when the bottom of the world was ice-free is buried more than a mile deep below the East Antarctic Ice Sheet.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Starmer has said the new rules are meant to make the British tax system fairer and to raise money to fund public services, Reuters noted.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 July 2024
  • Trends shift quickly, and AI/ML systems must constantly adapt in real time.
    Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2024
  • What’s more, Bass appoints five of Metropolitan’s 38 board members — and under the agency’s weighted voting system, in which bigger cities have a bigger say, those directors can wield a lot of power.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024

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