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mechanisms

NOUN

machine, device

Synonyms

STRONGEST

instrument structure system tool

STRONG

apparatus appliance components contrivance doohickey gadget gears gimmick innards machinery motor workings works

WEAK

black box

NOUN

means, method

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency operation procedure process system technique

STRONG

execution functioning medium performance workings

Antonyms

STRONG

failure

Example Sentences

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Debates about the underlying evolutionary mechanisms followed, even at the molecular level, but these discussions raced ahead without anchoring the origin of osteoderms in a clear evolutionary timeline leading to today’s reptiles.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

This has weakened the market’s previous self-correcting mechanisms.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

“The company has demonstrated a degree of hostility to shareholders’ exercise of certain of these key accountability mechanisms in recent years,” ISS wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

On Sunday, AFC-M23 spokesman Lawrence Kanyuka said they had "immediately activated" response mechanisms in conjunction with health services and local medical facilities, to prevent the spread of Ebola in areas under their control.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

We are all obsessed by the need to feed information in, as fast as we can, but we lack sensing mechanisms for getting anything much back.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas