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machine

[muh-sheen] / məˈʃin /


NOUN
well-run political organization
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While pursuing a computer-science doctorate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in machine learning, Andrew Lai interned at Microsoft and Nvidia doing deep-learning research.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 30, 2026

Kiki meets a boy, Tombo, who is obsessed with flight and, specifically, Kiki’s marvelous ability to fly without the help of a machine.

From Salon Jul. 30, 2026

Maximilien licked the straw from an iJooz machine in Goldhill Centre on 12 March, in one of the city-state's more affluent neighbourhoods, after a boxing workout, Channel News Asia reported.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

It features the base of an old sewing machine pasted over with a cigar box wrapper and the oft-reoccurring theme of a moon, sun and stars.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

“Here’s our Enigma operator. It’s midnight. Time to reset the machine for the day. He rearranges the rotors and looks up the day’s ring settings.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"I haven't checked whether the machines such as the oven are working," she said.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

Ovens, hobs, tumble dryers, washing machines and dishwashers can all make indoor spaces warmer.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

The technology is also used to print noncritical layers for advanced semiconductors, which use extreme-ultraviolet machines.

From MarketWatch Jul. 28, 2026

Asian stocks sold off sharply on Tuesday amid reports that China is now capable of manufacturing DUV lithography machines.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

Saturday morning, first thing, I pack my backpack with water and granola bars and drag my two garbage bags of cans to the supermarket to recycle them in the machines.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

Still, in our endless chase of machined refinement, I think we’re missing the value of human irregularity.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

Among the group's precision machined elements are flexures -- spring-like devices, often made from parallel beams, that can flex and stretch with nanometer precision.

From Science Daily Apr. 8, 2024

It makes me think of myself as even partially machined — like these are the extensions of me.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 27, 2024

It lay heavily in her hands, the crystal face gleaming, the golden body exquisitely machined.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

This matters for Proxima which uses a very expensive type of steel in its magnets, which needs machining to a high level accuracy.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

Boeing traced the problem to a machining error.

From Barron's Mar. 11, 2026

The plane manufacturer said Tuesday it found scratched wiring in undelivered planes and traced the problem to a machining error.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 10, 2026

Patterson argued that the court should allow ATF to regulate only firearms that have been completed with “critical machining operations.”

From Slate Oct. 8, 2024

“So I guess you’re an expert at welding and machining now,” he said.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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