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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Another video showed local civilians assisting the airman, placing him into a civilian vehicle, and then transferring him to the Kuwaiti authorities.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Electric vehicle charging is available for no additional fee, plus a Tesla courtesy vehicle is available for around-town travel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Mar. 2026
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The Bandar Abbas base serves as the headquarters of Iran’s Navy, and its primary instrument for controlling the Strait of Hormuz.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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Decapitation is not a one-sided instrument.—
Robert A. Pape In The Los Angeles Times,
Arkansas Online,
3 Mar. 2026
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Khamenei was born July 17, 1939, in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, where his father was a Shiite cleric of humble means.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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Government outsiders, effectively the state’s entire population, have no way or means of knowing.—
Sam Meas,
Boston Herald,
2 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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Pulvirent also pointed to the broad appeal of a jump hour mechanism.—
Victoria Gomelsky,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2026
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Ireland does not have an official state mechanism for recording antisemitic incidents, the group said.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
2 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 6 Mar. 2026.
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