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apparatus

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


NOUN
organization or system
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Iran’s sprawling security apparatus isn’t solely held together by ideology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Sources told the BBC that the Hamas Interior Ministry has restructured its executive apparatus, appointing new police directors, setting up temporary headquarters and detention facilities and deploying new security patrols.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

And the apparatus that Cooke built to sell those bonds—a network of thousands of agents throughout the U.S. and Europe—became the blueprint for the modern investment bank.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Dyszel built frames for neutron tracking detectors and assembled them within the experimental apparatus.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

They respond to the age of exploration and discovery, but only with the intention of preserving and protecting the conceptual apparatus of traditional philosophy.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton