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machinery

[muh-shee-nuh-ree] / məˈʃi nə ri /


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Speaking about her family's farm, she said higher fuel costs affected agricultural vehicles used every day, while larger farms running heavy machinery faced an even bigger challenge.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

In these stories, the machinery of modern bureaucracy has outrun its original purpose and obscured the humanity of the individual in a pile of papers.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Eleven people were arrested on site -— four Poles and seven Ukrainians -- caught in bed around 6:00am local time in makeshift dormitories set up near the machinery.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

Diesel powers heavy-duty vehicles and machinery, and touches every corner of the economy.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Nevertheless, it has been claimed that the innovations of Galileo, Hooke and Huygens made possible the geared machinery of the Industrial Revolution.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2024

"Despite the seasonal factor of summer vacations, the trade balance remained in surplus on robust exports of major products, such as automobiles and machineries, and an improvement in semiconductor exports," Trade Minister Lee Chang-yang said.

From Reuters Sep. 1, 2023

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 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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