mechanism
Example Sentences
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If HMW-HA helps naked mole rats resist cancer and age-related damage, could the same mechanism work in a different animal?
From Science Daily • May 10, 2026
He expects these tariffs to be used as an enforcing mechanism for trade pacts as well as non-trade related issues.
From Barron's • May 4, 2026
He counters that "we know the mechanism is there, it makes sense".
From BBC • May 2, 2026
But a system that works primarily for the top tier is less a development system than a sorting mechanism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Opening the case was easy for Le Fantôme, just as it had been simple to disable its hidden tracking mechanism.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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Engineering - Introductory
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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