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machine

[muh-sheen] / məˈʃin /


NOUN
well-run political organization
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These companies sit in different countries and different indexes, yet they all feed the same machine.

From MarketWatch Jul. 20, 2026

“For the safety of staff and the community, we’re keeping the store closed for the time being,” an employee said in a recording on its answering machine Sunday.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 19, 2026

Justice Elena Kagan refers to herself as the “frozen yogurt justice” and even had a fro-yo machine installed in the court’s canteen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Medical Center Barbour CEO Jannet Kinney said the machine will improve patient care and raise revenue.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

A few days later, they found the equipment-room key in some teacher’s washing machine, and Mom told the principal and the noon aide they had to write me an apology.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

The sleek, futuristic-looking, white and yellow vehicle boasts solar panels on the roof that power its engine but also medical devices from x-ray machines to defibrillators.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

The machines that turn it into fuel are screaming either way.

From MarketWatch Jul. 21, 2026

Officers approach people seated inside machines capable of rapid movement.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

The automated machines were generally the quickest way of getting through the border, he said.

From BBC Jul. 19, 2026

In the factory, where we had machines, shears, measuring sticks, and ample light, such a suit would’ve taken many hands a week.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

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

The carbon fibre hull had titanium domes fitted on each end, but he said the metal had been machined incorrectly.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2025

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

The starter’s silver-plated gong rang, a sprocket turned, a valve opened, and the engine whooshed to life on exquisitely machined shafts and bearings.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Francesco Sciortino, CEO of Proxima, said European suppliers still dominate in areas it depends on, like precision machining and high-end steelmaking.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

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

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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