apparatus

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In 2014 the man who once headed China's vast security apparatus was arrested, and two years later, Hu's top aide was jailed for life for corruption.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

On a mission to modernise the army, he took over an apparatus facing stretched air defences, financial uncertainty, stalled peace talks, recruitment problems and widespread bureaucracy and war fatigue.

From Barron's • Mar. 12, 2026

But Iran’s state apparatus was built to outlive individual leaders, thanks to layered and overlapping centers of political and military power.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The trend line pointed to a future of intense and expensive competition among academic institutions to be first with high-priced research apparatus.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik