as in machines
a device that changes energy into mechanical motion
a car with a 200-horsepower engine
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Recent Examples of engines
Both trials — one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the other in Los Angeles — pointed to the struggles Meta has faced to adequately police Facebook and Instagram, which remain the company's primary cash engines due to their dominant position in digital advertising.
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Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
Most of those issues have been from oil, lubrication, other or casing or shards inside the engines.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
The Orion service module, which contains the engines, propellant, water and experiments, will then separate from the crew module, exposing the capsule’s heat shield, which will protect the crew from the extreme temperature of re-entry.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
In the end, the rocket was designed to use space shuttle components (the space shuttle main engines were upgraded into the Space Launch System’s RS-25 core stage engines), made in large part by the existing shuttle workforce.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
In 2023, the plane went through a detailed revision known as an overhaul, in which its engines were inspected and key components were replaced.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
These findings offer a blueprint for building safer, more powerful engines for future submarine missiles and high-tech weaponry hidden deep on the ocean floor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
Alongside these shaders are 32 ray-tracing units and 256 XMX engines, the latter of which drive AI performance.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Turning those designs into engines that can be produced reliably at scale remains a capability concentrated in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
—Ram Charan, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 26 Mar. 2026
Most of those issues have been from oil, lubrication, other or casing or shards inside the engines.
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 26 Mar. 2026
The Orion service module, which contains the engines, propellant, water and experiments, will then separate from the crew module, exposing the capsule’s heat shield, which will protect the crew from the extreme temperature of re-entry.
—Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
In the end, the rocket was designed to use space shuttle components (the space shuttle main engines were upgraded into the Space Launch System’s RS-25 core stage engines), made in large part by the existing shuttle workforce.
—Denise Chow, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
In 2023, the plane went through a detailed revision known as an overhaul, in which its engines were inspected and key components were replaced.
—Arkansas Online, 25 Mar. 2026
These findings offer a blueprint for building safer, more powerful engines for future submarine missiles and high-tech weaponry hidden deep on the ocean floor.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 Mar. 2026
Alongside these shaders are 32 ray-tracing units and 256 XMX engines, the latter of which drive AI performance.
—Michael Justin Allen Sexton, PC Magazine, 25 Mar. 2026
Turning those designs into engines that can be produced reliably at scale remains a capability concentrated in the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.
—Ram Charan, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for engines
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And when traditional computing eventually hits its limit, quantum systems will be required to train the next generation of exponentially larger AI models and simulate data that classical machines simply can’t handle.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
27 Mar. 2026
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Weisswange glanced around at the machines on either side of us, all of them waiting for repairs, their tracks unchained and gun barrels angled upward.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) team developed a two-way shape memory hybrid actuator capable of rapid, reversible motion without relying on traditional motors.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Mar. 2026
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Without two to four motors or actuators in every door.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Engines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engines. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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