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mechanisms

NOUN

machine, device

Synonyms

STRONGEST

instrument structure system tool

STRONG

apparatus appliance components contrivance doohickey gadget gears gimmick innards machinery motor workings works

WEAK

black box

NOUN

means, method

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agency operation procedure process system technique

STRONG

execution functioning medium performance workings

Antonyms

STRONG

failure

Example Sentences

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This effect is thought to involve two main mechanisms.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

"We challenged this conventional view by comparing cells formed through different mechanisms and found that these differences can influence cell behavior over the long term."

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

"This means that cases may only be escalated to emergency response mechanisms once risk has clearly intensified, rather than at earlier stages of stalking or coercive control."

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Earnings of the company’s public-transport segment are protected by indexed fare pass-through mechanisms, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

I have highly developed, like, cooling-off mechanisms and am perhaps even more comfortable being compressed, than not.’

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle