cog
Example Sentences
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“If technology becomes the ultimate criterion, the human person risks being reduced to data, a cog in a machine or a commodity,” he wrote.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
Among the targets in recent days was the IRGC’s Tharallah headquarters on Sunday, a central cog in the forces’ protest-suppression machine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
“I do think Google’s self-sufficiency should command a premium relative to the others that could be adversely impacted by one cog in the wheel,” Treacy said, referring to Google’s proprietary tensor processing units.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
The ghost has broken the laws of nature but she’s still treated like a cog in the system.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026
The rowers in the ship’s boats had loosed their tow ropes and turned back toward the cog, stroking hard.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing cog
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