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apparatus

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


NOUN
organization or system
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Stripped of his apparatus, Trump stepped onto the White House lawn to host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for his prized new helipad.

From Salon ● Sep. 24, 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

According to the driver manual for city firefighters presented to the jury, “the first apparatus in a convoy shall stop at all red lights and stop signs.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 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

Inside the room was a chair and a desk and a big apparatus that Luke vaguely recognized as a computer.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

"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

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Recently, both Amazon’s and Google’s TV apparatuses have cracked down on sideloading—the practice of downloading apps from third-party providers—by exclusively permitting downloads from their parent companies’ authorized app stores.

From Slate ● May 3, 2026

The two-time first-team All-American on beam has been named Big Ten event specialist of the week three times this season for her high performances on multiple apparatuses.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026

Our daily regimen was just like at the ranch: workouts twice a day on all four apparatuses, with a lunch break and some downtime in between.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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