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mechanical

[muh-kan-i-kuhl] / məˈkæn ɪ kəl /


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And there’s always a hummingbird, designed “like a mechanical Fabergé egg,” hidden among the art.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

We’re tapping digital buttons that now stand in for physical buttons that once stood in for a mechanical method for interacting with a complex system.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

It included builders' work as well as doors, floor finishes, joinery, furniture, appliances, light fixtures, and mechanical and electrical installations.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

They eased mechanical strain, making it practical to run banks of elevators continuously, packing in larger workforces and turning vertical circulation into a scalable system rather than a bottleneck.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

A mechanical explanation, by contrast, is about external causes, not internal ones.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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