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
Sany Group, a major Chinese manufacturer for heavy machinery, has opened an industrial park in South Africa to make electric trucks.
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Xiaoying You, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
So many have alarms here for garages where there are tractors and machinery, often alerting when a theft occurs.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Carroll said those 48 inches and taller can operate all the other machinery by themselves.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
In de Sitter space, where there’s no line between the quantum system and the observer, this machinery falls apart.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
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Xiaoying You, semafor.com, 31 Mar. 2026
So many have alarms here for garages where there are tractors and machinery, often alerting when a theft occurs.
—Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
Carroll said those 48 inches and taller can operate all the other machinery by themselves.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
In de Sitter space, where there’s no line between the quantum system and the observer, this machinery falls apart.
—Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 30 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms 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
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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
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The busy intersection was blocked off by law enforcement vehicles and crime scene tape as the investigation was underway.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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Fifteen of those are mounted to Integrity; the other 17 are handheld instruments operated by the astronauts.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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Katie Stockton,
CNBC,
6 Apr. 2026
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McLeod also emphasized the urgency of incorporating and said that many people get the wrong message about what becoming a city means.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Apr. 2026
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Luna himself has acknowledged never finding any, and department policy has always provided for the means to discipline and terminate any employee who engages in behavior that harms the public, fellow employees, or is otherwise prohibited by law.—
Opinion Staff,
Daily News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Wise served as an FBI agent and a supervisory agent from 2004 to 2017.—
Sarah N. Lynch,
CBS News,
3 Apr. 2026
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The task force, consisting of county detectives and FBI agents, is separate from the initial homicide squad assigned to the case.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2026
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The new atlas, published March 11 in the scientific journal Cell, details the ways in which genome structure, gene activity and methylation (a biochemical mechanism for regulating gene expression) change across eight brain regions and 36 brain cell types.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2026
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As talks continued, Iranian and Omani officials also were working on a mechanism for administrating the strait through which a fifth of the world’s oil is shipped in peacetime.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Most organ transplant patients are adults, but last year, there were more than 1,800 lifesaving operations performed on children.—
Stephanie Stahl,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2026
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But the organ that senses those hormones is usually separate from the one that delivers the sperm; in male octopuses, the hectocotylus does both.—
Cody Cottier,
Scientific American,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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