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as in repairman
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as in operator
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as in mechanical
done instantly and without conscious thought or decision
the snapping of the handcuffs was followed by a mechanic reading of the suspect's rights
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Recent Examples of mechanic
Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
My primary complaint with Civ 7, after playing it for months on end, was not the civ-switching mechanic.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Potholes may go unfilled, Davis said, and drivers may have to make unplanned trips to the mechanic shop to fix their tires as a result.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The redesign does not change the underlying mechanic.
—Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
My primary complaint with Civ 7, after playing it for months on end, was not the civ-switching mechanic.
—ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026
Adjective
Eva Petzel, who will be an inspector working in Crown Point on election day, worked with mechanic Doug Kiser on a practice tutorial at the Lake County Government Complex on Saturday.
—Deborah Laverty, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026
Potholes may go unfilled, Davis said, and drivers may have to make unplanned trips to the mechanic shop to fix their tires as a result.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mechanic
Noun
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At another site, the bones of a 34-year-old cellphone repairman were found.—
Steve Fisher,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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Switches have been around since the 1980s, when Jorge Leon, a Venezuelan gun repairman, noticed that the trigger mechanism in Glock guns could be manipulated.—
Sasha Allen,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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No data center operator, in my view, will take first-of-a-kind risk on SMRs, and there are none currently operational at the moment outside China and Russia.—
Joseph Wilkins,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Demand has accelerated so quickly that ERCOT, the operator of most of Texas' power grid, recently approved tougher requirements for data centers seeking to connect to the system.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Adjective
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Driving through deep water can also negatively affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 June 2026
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Upstairs, the 2,940-square-foot western bar Big Shots features line dancing, beer and a mechanical bull.—
Olivia Wakim,
AJC.com,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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The film begins with soldiers lying dead on a seashore, near bloody waters — a reminder of the catastrophic rehearsal for D-Day called Exercise Tiger, which resulted in hundreds of deaths of American servicemen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Accessibility There are ramps at the entrance, and four accessible rooms—one on each floor—that have been tweaked and updated with help from outside consultants.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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As part of the ethics review, the ethics consultant would draw on their knowledge of policies, laws and ethical precedent about withdrawing life-sustaining treatment to provide some guardrails for the situation.—
Jennifer McCurdy,
The Conversation,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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Swanson is a healthy player, Counsell said, and the manager wound up subbing him in as the automatic runner at second base for Saturday’s 10th inning against the San Francisco Giants.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
7 June 2026
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Furthermore, hoisting the trophy would secure the final crucial points needed to grant her automatic entry into the LPGA Hall of Fame.—
Bob Buttitta,
Daily News,
7 June 2026
Noun
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In March 2024, Wells Fargo began targeting Cuthbertson’s remote-work arrangement despite his doctor’s recommendations, according to the suit.—
Chase Jordan
June 2,
Charlotte Observer,
2 June 2026
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Frequently asked questions What do doctors really think of sleepmaxxing?—
Sharon Brandwein,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
Noun
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In Arizona, that state's attorney general has accused smith of legally changing his name to hide his past in 2021.—
Sabrina Franza,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2026
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When a government investigator arrives in a small town to find a reclusive smith, things get twisty fast in a tale of caged demons, revenge, grief, and loss.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
14 Nov. 2025
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“Mechanic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mechanic. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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