Examples of machinery in a Sentence
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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Even companies that source domestically aren't immune – even a company that sources and manufactures domestically could have to contend with tariffs impacting steel, machinery or packaging.
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Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility—scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
That this machinery remains functional in subzero conditions raises new biophysical questions the team is now pursuing, including how proteins and polymers maintain flexibility and force generation when water is largely frozen.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The fire, started by an Orange County Public Works crew working with heavy machinery in Trabuco Canyon on a hot summer day, had made its way into Riverside County and was on the precipice of destroying one of the rare remaining rural communities in the area.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
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Phil Lempert, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
At first glance, Nam-Joon Cho’s lab at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University looks like your typical research facility—scientists toiling away, crowded workbenches, a hum of machinery in the background.
—Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
That this machinery remains functional in subzero conditions raises new biophysical questions the team is now pursuing, including how proteins and polymers maintain flexibility and force generation when water is largely frozen.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
The fire, started by an Orange County Public Works crew working with heavy machinery in Trabuco Canyon on a hot summer day, had made its way into Riverside County and was on the precipice of destroying one of the rare remaining rural communities in the area.
—Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinery. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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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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