Thesaurus results for MECHANISM

mechanism

noun

Definition of mechanism

as in apparatus

a mechanical part or group of parts used to perform a specific task The printer's paper feeding mechanism is jammed.

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as in system

a series of actions used to achieve an end She was stunned to learn that there was no mechanism in place to remedy the problem.

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Recent Examples of mechanism Stunt coordinator Joel Kramer rigged up a support mechanism for the 750-pound motorcycle, since otherwise the jump was deemed too dangerous. — ArsTechnica, 28 Aug. 2026 The same mechanism processes lithium for reactor coolants and breeding blankets. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 Given the available information, the most likely mechanism for the flooding is a glacier collapse, said Dan McGrath, an associate professor in the geosciences department at Colorado State University. — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 The Comedy industry is ever-changing and the historic mechanisms that once anointed comedians no longer exists. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for mechanism

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Noun

Responding to those new threats is going to require a rebuilt and potentially reimagined federal public health apparatus.

— Dylan Scott, Vox, 27 Aug. 2026
The anglers used a special saddle-style weighing apparatus to check each laker’s weight.

— Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of apparatus

Noun

The bike also has a programmable control system that can provide functions such as boost, wheel-lift assistance, speed limiting and what Bonnell calls E-Clutch functionality (more on that later).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
Five to six years ago, certainly, people were not thinking about agentic AI systems that can plan and complete multi-step tasks with little to no human intervention.

— Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of system

Noun

In complementary work, the POWERlab developed multi-channel GaN devices that spread current across several conduction paths, lowering resistance and reducing overheating.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Emergency workers continued to extinguish fires and identify and neutralize explosive devices at the site in the village of Myla, Zelenskyy added.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of device

Noun

Adults is almost always at its best when there’s a method to the madness, a kernel of earnestness at the heart of it all.

— Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
The alternative method was to relay the three-minute call through the helicopter facility at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, but that didn’t work either.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of method

Noun

The pace of improvement in AI models has led many observers to predict that human intelligence may soon be overtaken by the cognitive capacity of machines.

— George C. Lee II, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
China has a virtual monopoly on these minerals, which are critical to making everything from cars and jet engines to smartphones and even the dye used in MRI machines.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of machine

Noun

What the article does not show is that this process is what high-performing firms use, or that firms which use it then outperform.

— Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2026
To comply, states would have to retool their processes for printing and mailing ballots, a potentially expensive process that might be difficult to achieve quickly.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of process

Noun

The New York Times has approved AI tools across its editorial and product teams and built an internal summarization tool called Echo, while barring staff from using AI to draft or substantially revise an article.

— Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
The team hired Moonshot to monitor online threats against its players – using tools that Moonshot developed a decade ago for national security purposes.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of tool

Noun

The disclosure contends that, because of the new procedures, a single scanning error in a batch of tens of thousands of ballot envelopes could prevent any from reaching voters.

— Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
That puts cybersecurity closer to the reactor’s engineering core, where decisions about digital controls, physical systems, and operational procedures begin to take shape.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026

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