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appliance

[uh-plahy-uhns] / əˈplaɪ əns /
NOUN
machine, usually with domestic purpose
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Somewhere in your house probably lurks a book, an accessory or an appliance you may not have bought if Winfrey hadn’t given it her seal of approval.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said in a statement that multiple crews were at the scene, along with an appliance from County Durham and Darlington.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Spending in other discretionary categories, such as electronics and appliance stores rose by 1.6%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

Cameras have been the name of the game in the appliance world for some time now.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026

He never had the wherewithal to learn to drive, but someone from the appliance store where he worked was picking him up.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

The retired electrical appliances engineer planted the device on the camera and lit a fuse.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Existing rules limited how much people can be paid for the electricity these appliances provide for the grid.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The company projects Black Friday sales will grow at a stronger clip, up 9.2% to $12.9 billion, due in part to having the biggest discounts on categories like TVs, apparel and appliances.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"I tried to lift everything up, but I gave up on large electric appliances like the refrigerator and washing machine. I guess they are broken."

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

It unleashed itself from the broken and semi-broken appliances in the kitchen, the dead machines which hadn’t worked in all the time Isidore had lived here.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick




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