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mechanisms

NOUN

machine, device

Synonyms

STRONGEST

instrument structure system tool

STRONG

apparatus appliance components contrivance doohickey gadget gears gimmick innards machinery motor workings works

WEAK

black box

NOUN

means, method

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency operation procedure process system technique

STRONG

execution functioning medium performance workings

Antonyms

STRONG

failure

Example Sentences

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"This study highlights the need to continue investigating the complex biological mechanisms underlying long COVID. Understanding these processes is essential for developing targeted treatments," notes Airas.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

“Any decision to proceed would need to take into account mechanisms to recover the debt that is owed.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

This effect is thought to involve two main mechanisms.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Science becomes self-correcting only when scholars create the institutional mechanisms that make it possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Other animals are similarly endowed with signaling mechanisms.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas