cog

Example Sentences

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Coinbase has made stablecoins a key cog in its business, in part to help make its revenue less correlated to crypto-price volatility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 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

Fishlock wasted no time in becoming a key cog under Andy Beattie, Adrian Tucker, Jarmo Matikainen, Jayne Ludlow, Gemma Grainger and most recently Wilkinson.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

Then in 1869 a local entrepreneur named Sylvester March built the cog railway, the first in the world.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson