engine

as in machine
a device that changes energy into mechanical motion a car with a 200-horsepower engine

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Recent Examples of engine By the advent of World War II, the Ferrari company was hard at work on developing a V12 engine; the only other automaker using a V12 at the time was America's Packard. Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025 The better your engine’s running, the better the car is. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025 The engine, including labor and additional work done at the time, cost a bit more than $7,900. Eric D. Lawrence, Freep.com, 20 Oct. 2025 Retro speed resurrected The engine will debut in Runge’s upcoming R3 supercar, a lightweight machine weighing just 1,720 pounds (780 kilograms). Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for engine
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Noun
  • In addition to being non-slip, super absorbent, and machine-washable, it’s currently marked down 47 percent for Prime members.
    Mia Huelsbeck, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The technology included corrupt automatic shuffling machines that read cards and predicted which player had the best hand.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
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  • Cutting battery size, offering a less powerful motor, removing rear touchscreens and myriad other current details have saved thousands of dollars.
    Abhirup Roy, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The auction stars include a 120-foot custom superyacht and an 85-foot flybridge motor yacht.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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