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 exhibit is filled with old machinery, tools, teapots, tattered vintage packaging, and maps.
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Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
The United States, in turn, sends Denmark more than $5 billion in goods, including industrial machinery, computers, aircraft and scientific instruments.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The control room is smoky, the air conditioner barely functions, and every piece of machinery generates a frustrating amount of background noise.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
Imports: With about half of U.S. ocean imports passing through the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, a wide range of products are affected, including produce, cars, auto and machinery parts, clothing, pharmaceuticals, wine and spirits, holiday goods like toys, and seafood, experts said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2025
The United States, in turn, sends Denmark more than $5 billion in goods, including industrial machinery, computers, aircraft and scientific instruments.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The control room is smoky, the air conditioner barely functions, and every piece of machinery generates a frustrating amount of background noise.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2025
Imports: With about half of U.S. ocean imports passing through the East Coast and Gulf Coast ports, a wide range of products are affected, including produce, cars, auto and machinery parts, clothing, pharmaceuticals, wine and spirits, holiday goods like toys, and seafood, experts said.
—Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 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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Knox, Hayes and Cave were in a vehicle that pulled up in front of a bar just after 2 a.m. Sunday, police said.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
26 Jan. 2025
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These words are all associated with a very large vehicle.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
26 Jan. 2025
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That court loss led to a sweep of new bitcoin ETFs, which ultimately proved to be the most successful category launch in the history of such instruments.—
Brady Dale,
Axios,
20 Jan. 2025
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The cold snap forced Yo-Yo Ma and other musicians to pre-record their music, out of fear that their instruments would freeze.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Even though Joel Wolfe, Sasaki's agent, has been trying to dispel that notion since at least November, he was asked to address it again Wednesday at Sasaki's introductory press conference in Los Angeles.—
Raul A. Reyes,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Trump administration’s Tuesday announcement that federal immigration agents would not face limits on arrests at or near sensitive locations — which alongside schools, also covers hospitals and houses of worship — undid over a decade of precedent, including Trump’s first four years in office.—
Cayla Bamberger,
New York Daily News,
23 Jan. 2025
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Creating a tax mechanism to bring in private investment is not about picking one tax structure over another.—
George Cardenas,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Web site also has a video that beautifully explains the mechanism that yields this fascinating phenomenon.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
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He was best known for his work on the organ, preferring a Lowrey to the rock standard Hammond B-3 of the time.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
21 Jan. 2025
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The mad professor could play organ, piano, accordion, horns — anything to serve the song.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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