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machinery

[muh-shee-nuh-ree] / məˈʃi nə ri /


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In other words, cells traditionally viewed as obstacles to weight loss may actually become part of the biological machinery that allows GLP-1 therapies to maintain it.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Diesel is the fuel of choice for heavy-duty vehicles and machinery, and its price affects every corner of the economy.

From MarketWatch Aug. 20, 2026

Rescuers have brought in heavy machinery to help remove large sections of roofs and walls and are visibly fatigued after days of grueling work.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

Companies such as Caterpillar and Cummins are pivoting to feed a booming market for once-prosaic machinery.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Settling in Georgia, he established his own machinery business, married, and had five children.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

This study will pave the way for new treatments of diseases caused by faulty epigenetic machineries.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

Export growth of machineries and hi-tech products were strong.

From The Guardian Sep. 7, 2021

Something is broken in our system if the machineries of war endure all strategies and policy changes, if only for the sake of enduring.

From New York Times Dec. 29, 2018

It should also cause us to ask hard questions about our “technologies” of research ethics—the machineries of evaluation that experiments must pass through.

From Slate Dec. 4, 2018

It is all clangings and bangings as tiles are spat out by big machineries onto what is called a conveyor belt.

From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads




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