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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 More broadly, this same chain of logic turns the Voting Rights Act into a zombie law, a perversion of its intended purpose that now mostly protects white Americans from any attempts to break their disproportionate control of voting machinery. —

Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 Many dim sum fans would argue that the best are made by chefs with the steadiest hands, nimblest fingers and the best attention to detail — not machinery. —

Chris Lau, CNN Money, 1 May 2026 Jackie Flynn Mogensen AI policy expert Lennart Heim is a useful guide to this machinery. —

Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 1 May 2026 Let’s go back to the Industrial Revolution, when all the workers wanted to smash up the machinery. —

Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 1 May 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