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Recent Examples of apparatus Mega-Prisons El Salvador’s sprawling new mega-prisons, including the infamous CECOT, are at the heart of this apparatus. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025 Logan was injured after falling from a park apparatus, the BBC and The Independent reported. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025 Unlike other minorities, however, Tibetans have advantages that can offset the power of Beijing’s coercive apparatus. Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2025 Kersten later resigned and, in recent months, COPA has been led on an interim basis by LaKenya White, a 25-year veteran of Chicago’s police oversight apparatus. Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for apparatus
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Noun
  • The capital costs of capture equipment, plus the energy demands for capture and conversion processes, create a tough business case without subsidies or premium product markets.
    Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, newer synthetic drugs such as spice or bath salts may not be detected at all without specialized equipment.
    Andrew Yockey, The Conversation, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • His gears began to grind mentally.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Today's bicycles all have indexed shifting, in which the levers and derailleurs snap precisely from one gear to the next.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Apparatus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparatus. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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