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machinery

[muh-shee-nuh-ree] / məˈʃi nə ri /


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Those include a protected bay with deep channels, an entrance wide enough for ships, land for laying out the giant blades and steel towers, and access to heavy machinery to piece them together.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Using cryo-electron microscopy, the team was able to observe how DHX29 physically interacts with the 80S ribosome, the cellular machinery responsible for protein production.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

Once among the poorest and most isolated countries in Asia, Vietnam has transformed itself into a thriving export economy, supplying consumer electronics, machinery and clothing to Western nations.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

It is part of the machinery of American power projection, hosting roughly 80,000 U.S. troops and some 40 bases that both deter enemies and support operations far beyond the Continent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

They helped transform the way in which philosophers thought about machinery, just as Descartes’ obsession with automata resulted in a new mechanical philosophy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton