mechanism
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Efforts to refine the lacklustre Cali Fund -- a UN mechanism for sharing profits from corporations that use genetic data from plants and other organisms -- have also proved difficult.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The mechanism they developed involves what is essentially a contractual promise with California’s Franchise Tax Board for illiquid billionaires to pay the tax when they become liquid, even if they have since left the state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Nobel laureate Ferenc Krausz used this mechanism in pioneering experiments during the 1990s.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Allowing carers to earn more than an existing earnings limit without losing their entire allowance, replacing it with a taper mechanism instead.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
One of de Caus’s machines, however, has a sophisticated feedback mechanism.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"While the practical mechanisms will be developed on the go, the new MPs will stick to the students' 1200-page long and detailed plan," he told the BBC.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
These mechanisms are used, among other things, to deploy wing flaps during the plane's landing approach, helping to slow the aircraft.
From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026
By suppressing certain immune responses, they can also interfere with the mechanisms that normally protect the body from viral infections.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
By identifying the mechanisms behind this natural resistance, scientists hope to uncover new ways to preserve memory and cognitive abilities as people age.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026
If you looked closely through the mesh, you could see the levers and mechanisms and hard plastic appendages in plain sight below the seat pan.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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