Thesaurus results for MACHINERY

machinery

noun

mə-ˈshē-nə-rē

as in instrumentality

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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Recent Examples of machinery Farming equipment has gotten more expensive over the years, and the cost of diesel — which powers the machinery — has also increased with the war in Iran. —

Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 23 Mar. 2026 The machinery of this injustice involves few humans and relies on the corporate surveillance state. —

Jennifer Piper, Denver Post, 23 Mar. 2026 Instead, decisions are made by a small group of officials close to the president without the planning or coordination of the larger machinery of government, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who also serves as the president's national security adviser. —

Arkansas Online, 20 Mar. 2026 Years in the making At the center of the prosecution is a sweeping federal indictment that paints a stark picture of Venezuela’s upper echelons of power, alleging that for more than two decades the country’s leadership turned the machinery of the state into a vehicle for narcotics trafficking. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for machinery

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They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.

— Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.

— Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025