machine
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Between 2015 and 2025, U.S. manufacturers shed 244,000 jobs in so-called production occupations like assemblers and machine operators, according to Labor Department data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
In the vending machine study, one agent determined that it could secure way better deals by accessing suppliers in the real world outside the experiment.
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2026
"Its all the same: the same piano feel, the same microphone placement, the same tape machine, has been used on every single one of these tracks."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
With the APC holding 31 out of Nigeria's 36 powerful governorships, Tinubu, known as a skilled political operator, has a vast political machine at his disposal.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
“There was only one logical explanation. The Germans had begun using a machine to generate ciphers.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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Such machines, known as fault-tolerant quantum computers, will require precise, dependable control over large numbers of qubits.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026
One advantage for Siemens Energy is its greater exposure to small- and medium-frame gas turbines, which are generally faster to deploy than the largest heavy-frame machines, said Atin Jain, an analyst at BloombergNEF.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
In 2023, OpenAI’s top model breezed through the grade-school math exam that previous machines had flunked.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026
Not because of lost life savings on the slot machines or undercooked food at the buffet, but because England fell to a record 90-4 defeat by Australia at the Allegiant Stadium in Nevada.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
But the TV stayed on, leaving me no choice but to watch a string of commercials for car waxes, weight-reducing programs, exercise machines and “Red-Hot Harmonica Classics.”
From "The World According to Humphrey" by Betty G. Birney
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The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.
From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026
Still, in our endless chase of machined refinement, I think we’re missing the value of human irregularity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026
The carbon fibre hull had titanium domes fitted on each end, but he said the metal had been machined incorrectly.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025
“The foundation of the sound capture is still better than anything else that you would find today. The products that were put into use and the way that it was machined … it’s unmatched.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
The starter’s silver-plated gong rang, a sprocket turned, a valve opened, and the engine whooshed to life on exquisitely machined shafts and bearings.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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It previously housed the company's machining shop and later its research and development workshop.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
“Our 737 program is performing rework on a group of airplanes to fix wires that have small scratches due to a machining error,” a Boeing spokesperson said.
From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026
The plane manufacturer said Tuesday it found scratched wiring in undelivered planes and traced the problem to a machining error.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026
Patterson argued that the court should allow ATF to regulate only firearms that have been completed with “critical machining operations.”
From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2024
“So I guess you’re an expert at welding and machining now,” he said.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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