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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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Using live cell imaging and chromosome specific labeling techniques, the scientists tracked how cells behaved after undergoing whole genome duplication through the two different mechanisms.

From Science Daily • May 25, 2026

Network Rail said the new system "eradicates the failure mechanisms of the past by providing complete separation of bimetallic elements and using a copper contact wire which improves current collection" from overhead wires by trains.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

But because there are limited legal mechanisms to do so they operate the ships for longer than they would like or scrap them using firms that don’t comply with Western sanctions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Debates about the underlying evolutionary mechanisms followed, even at the molecular level, but these discussions raced ahead without anchoring the origin of osteoderms in a clear evolutionary timeline leading to today’s reptiles.

From Science Daily • 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