as in instrumentalities
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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Noun
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Maintain a safe distance from large vehicles - Trucks or buses can produce a water spray that hampers visibility.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025 -
Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Monday’s launch was something like an initial public offering, enabling holders of the token to trade them like stocks or other financial instruments.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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These constituencies view the sanctions and the tariffs as otherwise legal instruments weaponized for geopolitical purposes—and as direct affronts to Brazil’s democratic integrity.—
HUSSEIN KALOUT,
Foreign Affairs,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the beginning of August, agents located a 38-foot center-console boat with three outboard engines behind a Dania Beach home.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the first week of January, Bovino sent 60 agents hundreds of miles to Bakersfield, California, to make 78 arrests at farms and businesses.—
Elliot Spagat,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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With complete antiballistic missile means, China can significantly contain the enemy's strategic strike capabilities, which is of great significance.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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His or her voice is the means by which the author’s work is bodied forth, and is the main channel along which thought and feeling are to flow.—
Adam Verner
September 3,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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No team can carve the organs out of its fan base with a blowtorch and rusty pliers quite like the Browns.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Therfe are also the transversus abdominus muscles that sit deeper in your abdomen and help stabilize the trunk and shield your organs.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Machineries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machineries. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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