as in instrumentality
something used to achieve an end
sincerely believes that the machinery of government can be used to better people's lives
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Recent Examples of machinery
These include tariffs on Boeing aircraft, machinery, automobiles, bourbon, and more.
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 16 July 2025
The announcement, which follows similar warnings to other trading partners, could make everything from German machinery and French cheese to Italian luxury goods and Danish pharmaceuticals more expensive in the U.S.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 July 2025
The most valuable category was drugs and pharmaceuticals, followed by autos and aircraft and other heavy machinery.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 12 July 2025
Ford hoped the technology could help the automaker drive down the cost of machinery repairs.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
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Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 16 July 2025
The announcement, which follows similar warnings to other trading partners, could make everything from German machinery and French cheese to Italian luxury goods and Danish pharmaceuticals more expensive in the U.S.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 14 July 2025
The most valuable category was drugs and pharmaceuticals, followed by autos and aircraft and other heavy machinery.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 12 July 2025
Ford hoped the technology could help the automaker drive down the cost of machinery repairs.
—Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for machinery
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They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.—
Dave Winsborough,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025
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Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.—
Cierra Black,
Essence,
9 July 2025
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The school's parking lot and driveway are big enough and far enough from the road to allow for more vehicle storage on school property, Murphy said.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company launched a new business venture this week: a diner. After first floating the idea for a drive-in where Tesla owners could eat while charging their vehicles back in 2018, the company finally opened the doors to its futuristic diner Monday.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
26 July 2025
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Some instruments were not in their standard positions, and these were not buttons that could be jostled out of place by an explosion: They were made to be handled by human fingers, which is apparently what happened after the blast.—
Alice George,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 July 2025
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His thrust is political: to examine how assassination functions as an instrument, and how states’ reactions to assassination shape its use.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
Noun
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Record company executives, agents, producers and bookers dominate the panel discussions.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
23 July 2025
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Assuming agent fees of 10 per cent plus a four per cent transfer levy, Mbeumo’s signing adds £14.1m to United’s amortisation bill in 2025-26, then £15.0m per season until the end of the 2029-30 season.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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In a 1998 essay for The New Yorker, the author Arthur Miller described urbanites’ Depression-era coping mechanisms: People caught the breeze on open-air trolleys, climbed onto the back of ice trucks, and flocked to the beach.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
26 July 2025
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Replace people with mechanisms to drive labor costs down and profits up.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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The discovery of the illness put pressure on the artificial division between psychiatry and neurology—the only two fields of medicine that focus on the same organ.—
Rachel Aviv,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
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Placental mammals have a placenta, an organ that develops during gestation and bridges mother and fetus.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
19 July 2025
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/machinery. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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