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apparatus

[ap-uh-rat-uhs, -ray-tuhs] / ˌæp əˈræt əs, -ˈreɪ təs /


NOUN
organization or system
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“That was the most difficult thing to learn because, as a dancer, you have such a relationship to the floor and you have to dance with an apparatus that doesn’t quite move with you.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

At the time of their arrest, writes Ms. Salter, “no one in the entire apparatus of the Far Eastern Bureau knew where more bodies were buried than Yakob and Tatyana.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The Thai government is "using the security apparatus to solve the problem", the rights advocate Kannavee said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026

Beverly Hills High spent $4.8 million on its apparatus in a single fiscal year, and it’s less an outlier than a preview of what the vendors want everywhere.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

The analysts knew that Soviet engineers had placed sensors and alarms around the whole apparatus.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

"A total of 60 fire apparatuses arrived, just short, just shy of 200 men and women from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, to begin the actual search and rescue and firefighting," Jadallah said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

For example, Crypto.com Arena’s footprint will be changed to accommodate artistic gymnastics, with up to six apparatuses on the floor along with areas for judges, broadcast positions and media.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

Iran, Russia and North Korea have all built elaborate apparatuses to skirt financial blockades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

The women of Team USA's gymnastics team capped off an incredibly strong showing at the Paris Olympics on Monay, set to return home with an assortment of medals from various apparatuses.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024

Its long tables were full of beakers set over low blue flames, heating and cooling apparatuses, glass vials full of powders in varying shades of orange.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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