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apparatus

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


NOUN
organization or system
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A 50-year-old European diplomat whose understanding of history was shaped by the educational apparatus of the past 40 years may never have heard these things, or known Americans actually think about them.

From The Wall Street Journal

To compensate for these weakened incentives, regulators build an extensive supervisory apparatus to restrain risk-taking.

From Barron's

Long focused on green and infrastructure financing, the EIB is now explicitly part of Europe’s security apparatus.

From MarketWatch

China's sprawling security apparatus has long been accused of infiltrating community organisations as a way to keep tabs on expats and dissidents.

From Barron's

Private data sources have been around since before the U.S. government began to put together its modern statistical apparatus in the 1930s, and have often filled gaps since then.

From The Wall Street Journal