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hum

[huhm] / hʌm /


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A kitchen manager keeps a careful eye on costs and resources, working in tandem with the chef to make sure the pantry hums efficiently.

From Salon

To keep Joule’s generators humming, an on-site service shop is being built by Wheeler Machinery, the independent Caterpillar dealer for Utah.

From The Wall Street Journal

They pull 107 megawatts of power to keep their specialized computers humming so a global ledger can update itself every ten minutes for people who will never set foot in West Virginia.

From Salon

Multiple responses raised concerns about the new equipment’s noisy hum.

From The Wall Street Journal

“B” words pop out, lending texture and body to the hum.

From The Wall Street Journal