apparatus
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Once Kansas City police have trained counterdrone personnel and installed detection equipment for soccer matches at Arrowhead Stadium, that capability does not disappear — it becomes part of the local security apparatus.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
When he shot into prominence in 2024, Magyar had no party apparatus behind him.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Iran’s sprawling security apparatus isn’t solely held together by ideology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
In 2014 the man who once headed China's vast security apparatus was arrested, and two years later, Hu's top aide was jailed for life for corruption.
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
We are entitled to feel at home in Boyle’s universe, even if it is a mechanical apparatus; it is not clear that an immortal, immaterial soul has any business feeling at home in Descartes’ universe.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Orbiting Jupiter
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