machine

"Is it a 'machine', or a 'human'?" posited a sign next to the enormous machine.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

What counts as heat, and what qualifies as useful work when a machine is made from only an atom and particles of light?

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

In 2014, two policyholders at Security Benefit sued Guggenheim and other related insurance companies in federal court, alleging that Walter and his associates treated the insurance companies like a cash machine to buy the Dodgers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

During the California test this January, EarthGrid's cigar-shaped boring machine chewed through three metres of granite.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

They showed their visitors an entirely new machine, a four-foot-high cabinet with spinning rotors on top.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

Then NeXT boosted output to 1,500 machines a month—then 5,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

The Hangzhou-based firm's machines have become synonymous with China's push to develop its booming robotics industry, backed by government support and strong domestic supply chains.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Now, the humanoid robotics industry is attracting huge amounts of investment as major companies - including Tesla, BYD and Amazon - are developing two-legged machines capable of performing tasks usually carried out by people.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

One of the biggest obstacles in developing machines this small is finding an effective way to propel and control them.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

As for time machines, perhaps you too have longed to live among the ancient Romans, practicing elocution like Demosthenes with your mouth comically full of pebbles.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood

The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Still, in our endless chase of machined refinement, I think we’re missing the value of human irregularity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

“The foundation of the sound capture is still better than anything else that you would find today. The products that were put into use and the way that it was machined … it’s unmatched.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025

Among the group's precision machined elements are flexures -- spring-like devices, often made from parallel beams, that can flex and stretch with nanometer precision.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 8, 2024

It looks like a towering sculpture of lighted glass and metal, like a machined piece of art.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

Francesco Sciortino, CEO of Proxima, said European suppliers still dominate in areas it depends on, like precision machining and high-end steelmaking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

This matters for Proxima which uses a very expensive type of steel in its magnets, which needs machining to a high level accuracy.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

Boeing traced the problem to a machining error.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Patterson argued that the court should allow ATF to regulate only firearms that have been completed with “critical machining operations.”

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2024

“So I guess you’re an expert at welding and machining now,” he said.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam