mechanic

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The same mechanics are largely at work in the stock market, as well, where a higher “risk free” rate, which is used to price the present value of future company profits, pushes equity prices lower.

From Barron's

“It was OK. But the third inning I threw a lot of two-seamers that kind of threw my mechanics a little off.”

From Los Angeles Times

One New York City mechanic is raking in $2,200 a night, off a single pothole.

From MarketWatch

Scientists hope the particle -- which is similar to a proton but four times heavier -- will reveal more about the strange behaviour of quantum mechanics.

From Barron's

“It’s not the mechanics of your letter delivery that I don’t understand, Theo. It’s—any of it. You don’t think your parents would be overjoyed that you’re home?”

From Literature