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Recent Examples of machinery The real Martinů giveaway is an underlying buzz of activity in the piano and the harp—D-minor triads mixed with C-sharp-minor, B-flat-major, and E-flat-major ones, suggesting a rickety machinery behind the lyrical action. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 One camp might have moldy walls and machinery stored inches from a sleeping area. David Rodriguez Muñoz, Freep.com, 7 Sep. 2025 On the platform, around the clock, the racket of metal bore pipes and machinery, the drilling grime and the speckled mud mingled with the quieter, cleaner work of scientists in trailers converted to pristine labs and processing posts. Rodrique Ngowi, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025 Dissenting voices Twelve months after Maduro’s disputed victory in the presidential election – a vote in which the government did not publish a final vote count, and which prompted a vast international outcry – the government’s repressive machinery continues. Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for machinery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for machinery
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • Ford dropped it from the Explorer’s retail lineup, but continues to offer it in police vehicles, which benefit from its ability to power AC and other accessories without running the engine when parked, as patrol vehicles often spend lots of time doing.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He's charged in Pennsylvania with forgery, carrying a firearm without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing instruments of a crime and false identification to law enforcement.
    Ahmad Hemingway, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The next leap is letting the same instrument sit beside a user's debit balance and rewards points inside a single mobile wallet.
    Jamie Elkaleh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Daly noted that the Certification is part of a bigger plan to set the standard for what agility and future-readiness means in the automotive dealership industry.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Travelers looking for a luxurious experience at the Miami airport — and have the means to pay for it — will get a new private terminal opening in 2026.
    D.A. Varela, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Frantzve is a real estate agent with The Corcoran Group in New York City, according to her LinkedIn profile.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Staffing firms must help clients unbundle jobs into tasks and outcomes, then match them with the right blend of full-time employees, freelancers, or AI agents.
    John Winsor, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Added to this was a disillusioning disappointment with the mechanisms of the art world.
    Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2025
  • It’s not fully fleshed out, but a parallel could be made to the effects of anxiety and trauma, and the unhealthy coping mechanisms that accompany them.
    Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Marshburn described how thousands of miniature organ samples could be tested in orbit to evaluate new drugs.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • During a female rectal exam, a doctor can feel the space and organs between the uterus and rectum to check for abnormalities.
    Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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