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machinery

[muh-shee-nuh-ree] / məˈʃi nə ri /


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Expenditure: The value of goods and services bought by households and by government, investment in machinery and buildings.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Imagine a swarm of robots rushing to complete an urgent job, such as cleaning up an oil spill or assembling complex machinery.

From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026

The hand-cranked coffee mill was replaced with horse-powered machinery, and Glidden and a partner, Isaac Ellwood, formed Barb Fence Co.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Others showed me broken machinery they have no way to repair.

From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026

But now we see them with other things—pieces of metal, and bits of machinery, and things I can’t even recognize.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien




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