mechanism
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The mechanism, introduced by the world's richest countries in 2020, is meant to help struggling nations cancel some of their debts under strict conditions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
He then claims they have done it several times before, in exchanges bleeped out but which appear to refer to other instances where this mechanism had been used before.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Home ownership also usually comes with mortgage payments that create a forced-saving mechanism, gradually building equity in the home.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026
That observation gave the team the mechanism they had been searching for.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
But it could not show the mechanism which causes light to reflect or refract, or the particles that cause smells.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
“Songs and tunes, unmoored from formal commercial and legal mechanisms, give succeeding singers and players the freedom to reshape those pieces,” Mr. Wade writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
It asked developers to formulate a plan for how to raise the remainder of the money needed, either through private equity, tax exempt bonds or other mechanisms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Sundararajan says the designation should bring faster clearances, emergency repair mechanisms and an Indian cable-repair capability, along with legally protected cable zones around landing sites and routes, restricting anchoring and trawling.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Khanal said the disaster underlined the "impetus and urgency" needed to build data-sharing mechanisms to help warn of future disasters, noting that neighbouring China had shared key data after the flood.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
In real life, the biomedical sciences have not yet reached the stage of any kind of general applicability to disease mechanisms.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Power Suffix: -ism
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