mechanism
Example Sentences
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Homing pigeons may use a surprising navigation mechanism.
From MarketWatch • May 29, 2026
"All genuine concerns related to scanned answer books or evaluation will be reviewed by subject experts through the prescribed mechanism," it said.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
The researchers found evidence that the same basic mechanism exists in mammals as well.
From Science Daily • May 28, 2026
Our new Peer Review format is one such mechanism.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
Many eighteenth-century atheists, such as d’Holbach and Diderot, were to take their inspiration from Descartes’ mechanism and turn it into a systematic materialism with no room for God.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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Engineering - Introductory
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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