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
Ports, refineries, and other facilities have to repair and restart a lot of machinery.
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The nature of the machinery malfunction is currently unclear.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Musurunu said that some degree of temporary liver stress is expected, as the gene-editing machinery is being delivered to virtually all of the liver cells.
—David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
That means moon dust is hazardous to humans and machinery alike and tends to get everywhere, so understanding the dust and its levitation is a top priority for facilitating future exploration of the lunar surface.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
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Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 7 Apr. 2026
The nature of the machinery malfunction is currently unclear.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
Musurunu said that some degree of temporary liver stress is expected, as the gene-editing machinery is being delivered to virtually all of the liver cells.
—David Cox, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
That means moon dust is hazardous to humans and machinery alike and tends to get everywhere, so understanding the dust and its levitation is a top priority for facilitating future exploration of the lunar surface.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machinery
Noun
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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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Body-camera footage shows him being placed in handcuffs, while agents searched his FedEx truck for some sign of Athena.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Apr. 2026
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Dashcam video captured the moments Tuesday morning when Hernandez tried to pull away from agents who were attempting to arrest him as ICE said he is wanted for questioning in El Salvador in connection with a murder.—
Nina Burns,
CBS News,
9 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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Orbán did not so much dismantle Hungary’s democracy as reconfigure its organs from within.—
Kapil Komireddi,
New Yorker,
10 Apr. 2026
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Because only adults can donate kidneys, finding an organ that is the right size for a child or teen can become problematic too, Chen explained.—
Megan Vaz,
Sun Sentinel,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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