apparatus
Example Sentences
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The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next blast and relentless fear of the state security apparatus.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
From Washington and Ottawa to Europe and Japan, money is flowing into the apparatus of war and security on levels not seen in decades.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Dyszel built frames for neutron tracking detectors and assembled them within the experimental apparatus.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026
On a mission to modernise the army, he took over an apparatus facing stretched air defences, financial uncertainty, stalled peace talks, recruitment problems and widespread bureaucracy and war fatigue.
From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026
With the protection of federal troops, African Americans began to vote in large numbers and seize control, in some areas, of the local political apparatus.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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