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apparatus

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


NOUN
organization or system
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Few governors will build a serious verification and enforcement apparatus for a 35-cent return.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

However, much of the Caballero family’s performance lore begins with Isabel’s son, 82-year-old Rubén: an apparatus connoisseur well-versed in the high wire, trapeze and hand balancing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

The Tackling State Threats Bill will give the home secretary the power to ban organisations that are part of other countries' state apparatus, in the same way that she can currently ban terrorist groups.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Dozens of other senior personnel and officials across the military and national security apparatus have also been forced out.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

I wonder if Genly Ai sees that in Orgoreyn, despite the vast visible apparatus of government, nothing is done visibly, nothing is said aloud.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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