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machine

[muh-sheen] / məˈʃin /


NOUN
well-run political organization
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Once the quantum calculation becomes too difficult for a classical computer to reproduce, verifying that the quantum machine actually produced the correct result becomes increasingly difficult as well.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

On top of that, the Nashville music industry was already established, and it valorized the professional songwriter as a key part of a well-oiled machine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

He declines to share details but the contraption will make square pan-style pies and that the machine is inspired by the way 3D printers work.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Many of the roles were in software engineering and machine learning, according to the filings.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Inside was an old-fashioned sewing machine, the kind operated by a foot pedal.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

Using heavy equipment including "drilling machines, excavators, hydraulic cutters, and other equipment" on Sunday, they drilled four holes before rescuers descended by rope into the crater.

From Barron's Aug. 30, 2026

Piracicaba spent decades tailoring its machinery industry to U.S. buyers; unlike agricultural commodities, machines built to American specifications can’t simply be redirected elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Manufacturer Blakcro, which is based in Wiltshire, say the machines can be assembled in eight minutes and launched on foot.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

The other thing that worries me is that machines aren’t really thinking — they’re probabilistic.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

You already know about some of the machines, but the entire farm was equipped with technology that made life easier for everyone.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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 foundation of the sound capture is still better than anything else that you would find today. The products that were put into use and the way that it was machined … it’s unmatched.”

From Los Angeles Times May 19, 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

Two days before Christmas 1937, a load of 196 tons of steel was delivered to the Moore Dry Dock Company on the Oakland waterfront, to be machined into the Crocker Cracker’s huge magnet.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

WC-Co cemented carbides are widely used in applications that demand extreme hardness and resistance to wear, including cutting tools, drills, machining equipment, and construction tools.

From Science Daily Aug. 4, 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

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

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

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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