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 proposal now sweeps more industries: printing, sealing, machinery, technical textiles, broader medical packaging and pharmaceutical ingredients—even military and explosives applications, plus general industrial uses like solvents and catalysts.
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Fences, orange traffic cones, cement barricades and heavy machinery have condensed and diverted traffic, down to one lane in many places, through an obstacle course while construction workers erect a new path for city buses along the center of the avenue.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
The tariff list now covers products like fire extinguishers, machinery, construction materials and specialty chemicals that either contain, or are contained in, aluminum or steel.
—Pia Singh,yun Li, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
And fans on Reddit have been sharing photos taken by guests of what is allegedly a construction site behind the coaster's current location occupied by heavy machinery.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
Fences, orange traffic cones, cement barricades and heavy machinery have condensed and diverted traffic, down to one lane in many places, through an obstacle course while construction workers erect a new path for city buses along the center of the avenue.
—Miguel Otárola, Denver Post, 21 Aug. 2025
The tariff list now covers products like fire extinguishers, machinery, construction materials and specialty chemicals that either contain, or are contained in, aluminum or steel.
—Pia Singh,yun Li, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2025
And fans on Reddit have been sharing photos taken by guests of what is allegedly a construction site behind the coaster's current location occupied by heavy machinery.
—Gillian Telling, People.com, 17 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machinery
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They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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Kia vehicles are among the most distinctive and attractive of any mass-market brand.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Steele saw the two deputies being rushed into a vehicle.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
The Enquirer,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This is because a dollar that Starbucks makes from selling coffee (its core business) is more likely to be repeatable and is likely to be protected from greater barriers to entry that management can influence than a dollar made from say return on passive financial instruments the firm might earn.—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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Once Fogerty started openly musing about wanting his old instrument back, Julie secretly went to work tracking it down.—
Jordan Runtagh,
People.com,
23 Aug. 2025
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Sanctuary communities often restrict local law enforcement from working directly with federal immigration agents, in hopes that immigrants – including those without permanent legal status – will feel safe enough to report crimes.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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So if there isn’t a sudden preference for old over new, and real estate agents like Weingarten say there isn’t, then what explains the anomaly in the aggregate, national level data?—
Brandon Kochkodin,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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This complex legal mechanism—which allows the EU to respond to coercion through a broad set of tools, including limiting market access, foreign direct investment, and public procurement—is supposed to allow Brussels to retaliate against allies and adversaries.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Despite a serious grassroots effort to fight this, the protest mechanism was doomed to failure from the start, on multiple levels.—
Inga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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He was born with a medical condition that affects blood flow, can cause significant pain, and may lead to organ damage or stroke.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Still, the problem of organ shortages persists for people with organ failure.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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