machine
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NASA’s La Cañada Flintridge-based Jet Propulsion Laboratory built this snakelike machine with the goal of one day using it to explore difficult-to-reach places on other planets, moons or asteroids.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
They filter in and out of a robotic milking machine when they want to, rather than being herded in at set times.
From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026
Between 2015 and 2025, U.S. manufacturers shed 244,000 jobs in so-called production occupations like assemblers and machine operators, according to Labor Department data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
To address this uncertainty, Gordon developed a method using relatively simple but effective machine learning models trained on living animals.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
She’s off the machine now and trying to stay focused on inhaling, getting little sips of air.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
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Less waiting and fewer wasted trips could let the same machines move more orders during a shift.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Such machines, known as fault-tolerant quantum computers, will require precise, dependable control over large numbers of qubits.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
As companies rely more on sensors and data to track machines and spot potential problems, they need analysts to sift through the numbers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
People who use gambling machines could also end up having the tax passed on to them through worse odds on games, though anti-gambling groups argue this could help discourage more people from using them.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2026
It looked like it only cut about a two-foot-wide area, and it was nothing like the fancy new machines.
From "Lawn Boy" by Gary Paulsen
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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 material bonds to copper using only heat and pressure, and its components can be machined with widely available equipment.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026
The carbon fibre hull had titanium domes fitted on each end, but he said the metal had been machined incorrectly.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
The throat diameter that I had so carefully calculated and Mr. Caton and his buddies had so precisely machined was now an ugly, oblong, pitted abomination.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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WC-Co cemented carbides are widely used in applications that demand extreme hardness and resistance to wear, including cutting tools, drills, machining equipment, and construction tools.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 4, 2026
This shift is driving investment in capacity and skill-building into precision machining and tooling, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 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
“Our 737 program is performing rework on a group of airplanes to fix wires that have small scratches due to a machining error,” a Boeing spokesperson said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
“So I guess you’re an expert at welding and machining now,” he said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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