mechanism
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“I think it’s a new mechanism for price discovery, and not just for crypto,” Van Geelen told MarketWatch in an exchange of messages on Whatsapp.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Both countries agreed in principle to discuss a framework for reciprocal tariff reductions on products of equivalent value under a trade council mechanism, with each side covering goods worth at least US$30 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
This is a mechanism for eventually potentially suing the government for damages caused by a federal employee.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
"Black holes provide a mechanism to enhance this density, which we can now search for by analyzing the gravitational waves emitted when they merge."
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Many eighteenth-century atheists, such as d’Holbach and Diderot, were to take their inspiration from Descartes’ mechanism and turn it into a systematic materialism with no room for God.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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Engineering - Introductory
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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