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apparatus

[ap-uh-rat-uhs, -rey-tuhs] / ˌæp əˈræt əs, -ˈreɪ təs /


NOUN
organization or system
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For the buyers, it’s way cheaper, more efficient, and less burdensome than the official Meta/TikTok/YouTube ad-and-influencer apparatus.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Dozens of other senior personnel and officials across the military and national security apparatus have also been forced out.

From Salon • May 3, 2026

There’s another side to the buildout of the nation’s artificial intelligence apparatus, and that is the energy required to run the whole system.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

There’s still plenty of eye rolling in China at caricatures of the U.S. presented by the propaganda apparatus.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

When we got to the apparatus unit in the middle of November, Coach found out Joseph could do stuff better than any of the other eighth graders.

From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt




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