mechanism
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Lamont was the U.K. chancellor who tried — unsuccessfully — to keep the U.K. in the European exchange-rate mechanism.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
A spokesperson said: "In essence, we are strongly supportive of the goals of the scheme and of the underpinning principles of better bus travel. Our concern is around the mechanism proposed to achieve this."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
His case is about the procedural mechanism prisoners must use to seek that sort of transfer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
"This critical gap led our team to screen food-derived compounds for natural, dietary interventions. During the screening, we identified pterostilbene and focused our investigation on uncovering its precise mechanism of action."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
On the Aeron, the seat pan and back of the chair moved independently through a complex mechanism.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
A major goal of the study was to determine which of two possible mechanisms was responsible for the anomalous oscillations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 5, 2026
“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
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
There, the moving rods silently turned other mechanisms in the shoulder and the neck.
From "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
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Power Suffix: -ism
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