Examples of machinery in a Sentence
Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.
a piece of farm machinery
Something was clogging the machinery.
The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.
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Cars, car parts and agricultural and construction machinery were among the top goods Americans bought from there.
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Kit Maher, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
Now the nominations machinery is restarting, and Trump's most controversial judicial nominee is only one step away from the federal bench.
—July 21, NPR, 21 July 2025
The report added that preliminary investigations revealed these syndicates exported scrap metal to India, China and other countries but reported them as machinery or other metals not subject to the 15% export tax imposed by the government.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Famously, the Luddites destroyed machinery in protest.
—Kevin Brady, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
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Kit Maher, CNN Money, 23 July 2025
Now the nominations machinery is restarting, and Trump's most controversial judicial nominee is only one step away from the federal bench.
—July 21, NPR, 21 July 2025
The report added that preliminary investigations revealed these syndicates exported scrap metal to India, China and other countries but reported them as machinery or other metals not subject to the 15% export tax imposed by the government.
—Lionel Lim, Fortune, 18 July 2025
Famously, the Luddites destroyed machinery in protest.
—Kevin Brady, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for machinery
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinery. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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machinery
noun
ma·chin·ery
mə-ˈshēn-(ə-)rē 
plural machineries
1
: machines in general
2
: the working parts of a machine or instrument
3
: the organization or system by which something is done or carried on
machinery of government
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