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Recent Examples of apparatus Unfortunately, this is far from the first time the government has used its massive health care apparatus to collect private information on unsuspecting patients. Ross Marchand, Baltimore Sun, 7 May 2025 The room with its electrical apparatus was forgotten . . . Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2025 The interviews and court records also provide a glimpse into a sprawling, opaque apparatus designed to deport the maximum number of people with minimum accountability. Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 13 Apr. 2025 This statement was a reference to Amir Jadidi (the lead actor in A Hero), who had also played in another film that was pure government propaganda — a project that had been very openly and directly funded and produced by the security apparatus of the Islamic Republic. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 5 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for apparatus
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Noun
  • Caddies, like most other chiefs of staff, have multiple responsibilities, from keeping score to the more mundane, such as carrying the golfers’ equipment, keeping the clubs clean, and raking the sand to restore the contours of a bunker after their golfer chips out of a sand trap.
    Julia Dhar, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
  • The investigations into those crashes continue while the U.S. Department of Transportation tries to make progress on the long-standing issues of not having enough air traffic controllers and relying on outdated equipment.
    Josh Funk, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025
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  • Veken 8-set Packing Cubes Apple AirPods Pro 2 Best Outdoor Gear Deals Nature enthusiasts can take advantage of massive deals on hiking, beach, and camping gear.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2025
  • The downsides are that DEET smells awful, is oily, and can damage anything with plastic in it, like synthetic clothing and camping gear.
    Kristin Canning, Wired News, 21 May 2025

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“Apparatus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparatus. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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