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apparatus

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


NOUN
organization or system
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The revenue, estimated to total $22.1 million annually, would go into a special fund earmarked for fire stations, apparatus, equipment and staffing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The service said four firefighters wearing breathing apparatus were deployed to extinguish the blaze, but the occupant managed to safely evacuate the house.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The researchers connected their thorium excitation apparatus to a conventional optical atomic clock, demonstrating that the nuclei could serve as a highly precise timekeeping reference.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

He’s used the apparatus for about 70% of his training mileage for Sunday’s marathon.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The analysts knew that Soviet engineers had placed sensors and alarms around the whole apparatus.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

"A total of 60 fire apparatuses arrived, just short, just shy of 200 men and women from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, to begin the actual search and rescue and firefighting," Jadallah said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

Will people start wearing N95 masks indoors, or have breathing apparatuses hooked up to their chests like fighter pilots?

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

Iran, Russia and North Korea have all built elaborate apparatuses to skirt financial blockades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

Because information about these facilities is closely guarded — including their location and the details of their security apparatuses — the thieves who target them often have inside information, according to news reports.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

Its long tables were full of beakers set over low blue flames, heating and cooling apparatuses, glass vials full of powders in varying shades of orange.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo


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