apparatus

Example Sentences

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And the apparatus that Cooke built to sell those bonds—a network of thousands of agents throughout the U.S. and Europe—became the blueprint for the modern investment bank.

From Barron's

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to be part of the event’s “overall security apparatus,” according to comments by the agency’s acting director, Todd Lyons, at a congressional hearing in February.

From Los Angeles Times

The targeting clearly shows a strategy to degrade the regime’s apparatus of repression, but risks harming the very prisoners it is intended to empower, analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal

The BBC has obtained footage and interviews from Tehran which evoke a city of strained nerves, of constant waiting for the next blast and relentless fear of the state security apparatus.

From BBC

I threw Russell a baffled look when I saw a metal hose with an apparatus resting on an out-rigged stand near the faucets.

From Literature