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apparatus

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


NOUN
organization or system
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Once Kansas City police have trained counterdrone personnel and installed detection equipment for soccer matches at Arrowhead Stadium, that capability does not disappear — it becomes part of the local security apparatus.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

As difficult as things are for Cubans, the state security apparatus still finds the money to do its dirty work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next blast and relentless fear of the state security apparatus.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

"It's laughable that for almost two months, the entire security apparatus of Uganda has invested billions of taxpayers' money to search for me everywhere, but they failed to get me," he continued.

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

In the presentation speech, Professor K. M. G. Siegbahn of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences praised the cyclotron as “without comparison, the most extensive and complicated apparatus construction carried out so far.”

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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