system
Example Sentences
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The Massachusetts vocational high-school system, more than a century old and among the oldest in the U.S., has become a coveted pathway—driven in part, counterintuitively, by teens who end up going to college.
Under the government's changes to the UK's asylum system, refugee status will become temporary, guaranteed housing support for asylum seekers will end and new capped "safe and legal routes" into the UK will be created.
From BBC
Winter storms sweeping across both coasts turned holiday travel into a test of patience and exposed just how brittle the system has become.
From Salon
Argentines for years have kept wads of cash at home as endless financial crises have eroded trust in the financial system.
In most standard hydraulic systems, fluid becomes syrupy and can affect everything from aircraft controls to missile launchers and radar masts.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
