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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One camp might have moldy walls and machinery stored inches from a sleeping area.
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David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Dissenting voices Twelve months after Maduro’s disputed victory in the presidential election – a vote in which the government did not publish a final vote count, and which prompted a vast international outcry – the government’s repressive machinery continues.
—Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
From personalized advising bots to generative syllabi, AI is quietly reshaping the machinery of higher education.
—Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Access for vehicles along narrow mountain roads was the main obstacle, said Ehsan, adding machinery was being brought in to clear roads of debris.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
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David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Dissenting voices Twelve months after Maduro’s disputed victory in the presidential election – a vote in which the government did not publish a final vote count, and which prompted a vast international outcry – the government’s repressive machinery continues.
—Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
From personalized advising bots to generative syllabi, AI is quietly reshaping the machinery of higher education.
—Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Access for vehicles along narrow mountain roads was the main obstacle, said Ehsan, adding machinery was being brought in to clear roads of debris.
—Mohammad Yunus Yawar, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinery. Accessed 9 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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