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
There was no ghost hidden inside the machinery of the human body.
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Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
For most of its history, in fact, the Border Patrol has been a place where America’s wars come home—where war-surplus machinery is repurposed for domestic policing.
—Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Notaro came to the film with a documentary fan’s devotion and a friend’s responsibility — and, at least at first, with almost no awareness of the machinery that would soon swallow her calendar whole.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Feb. 2026
Industrial machinery mechanic These are the workers who keep factories operating smoothly.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
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Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026
For most of its history, in fact, the Border Patrol has been a place where America’s wars come home—where war-surplus machinery is repurposed for domestic policing.
—Garrett M. Graff, New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2026
Notaro came to the film with a documentary fan’s devotion and a friend’s responsibility — and, at least at first, with almost no awareness of the machinery that would soon swallow her calendar whole.
—Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Feb. 2026
Industrial machinery mechanic These are the workers who keep factories operating smoothly.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 27 Feb. 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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Once stationary, deactivate all lights except the hazard flashers, engage the emergency brake, and release the brake pedal to ensure your tail lights remain unlit, minimizing the chance of other drivers colliding with your stationary vehicle.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Jonathan de Vera told the Los Angeles Times on March 8 that a 30-year-old suspect fired several rounds from her vehicle toward the Beverly Hills home, and no injuries were reported.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
9 Mar. 2026
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On this episode, Vlad returns to talk about where things stand, and all of the company's new efforts to give retail traders even more instruments to use.—
Joe Weisenthal,
Bloomberg,
9 Mar. 2026
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When legislation is framed as fulfilling a divine mandate, the state risks becoming an instrument of a particular faith rather than a neutral guarantor of liberty.—
Brielle Miller,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Mar. 2026
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Starting a garden means walking into a hardware store and facing walls of tools engineered to separate you from your cash.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Trump has tried to continue his tariffs via other means, although his latest across-the-board 15% tariff is limited to 150 days unless Congress votes to extend it.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2026
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The partnership formed only after Wimbledon, arranged through Tien’s agent, despite the two having lived in the same Southern California tennis orbit for years without ever meeting.—
Douglas Robson,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Bruising drops in software company stocks this year have left investors struggling to discern which firms will be least and most affected by competition from AI agents.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
6 Mar. 2026
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The aim was to assess how digital activism supports truth-telling, collective memory and atrocity prevention mechanisms.—
Arnaud Kurze,
The Conversation,
9 Mar. 2026
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What Bocos’s Story Means for Anyone Documenting Wildlife The trajectory from casual wildlife photograph to published co-authorship is unusual, but the underlying mechanism is not.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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Over four decades, the regime has bureaucratized the clergy, tying seminaries, mosques and religious foundations ever more tightly to the organs of power.—
Bobby Ghosh,
Time,
5 Mar. 2026
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Gross was shot in his upper shoulder, and the projectile left the back of his neck and took a path through tissue and muscle, but avoided vital organs, Gross testified earlier in the trial.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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