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machine

[muh-sheen] / məˈʃin /


NOUN
well-run political organization
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"You want to see what it looks like ten years in the future? Tuvalu is a time machine for Australia."

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

First Class James Luce, who was positioned near machine guns and mortars a short distance from the enemy trench, the digital battlefield map proved essential.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Yet reading “The Proof in the Code,” which takes the reader right up to the threshold of current breakthroughs, I was struck as much by the limitations of machine mathematics as by its power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Apollo and humanoids like it require critical machine components known as actuators that are hard to come by in the U.S.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Turing steps to the machine with his assembled rotor.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

He contends that when hotels circulate synthetic fragrances through scent dispersion machines, they may be spreading toxic chemicals, potentially causing respiratory problems, headaches, skin irritation and gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and cognitive problems among vulnerable guests.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

This can include lifting weights such as dumbbells, using gym machines or resistance bands, or using your own body weight in exercises such as squats, step-ups or press-ups.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

This season, Yerxa said he’s paying roughly double for the diesel he uses to power the farm’s tractors, combines, harvesters and dozens of other heavy-duty machines.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

There’s a lot of argument online on social media about the value—or lack thereof—in describing these machines in anthropomorphic terms.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Standing there in the middle of all those rushing people and beeping machines and big rolling hospital beds like rafts down the river of the hallway to just be held by my mom.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

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 material bonds to copper using only heat and pressure, and its components can be machined with widely available equipment.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 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

Two days before Christmas 1937, a load of 196 tons of steel was delivered to the Moore Dry Dock Company on the Oakland waterfront, to be machined into the Crocker Cracker’s huge magnet.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

It previously housed the company's machining shop and later its research and development workshop.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Francesco Sciortino, CEO of Proxima, said European suppliers still dominate in areas it depends on, like precision machining and high-end steelmaking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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

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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