machine

"But not a single sentence in this book was created by a machine, nor the meaning or the structure of a story that comes from my gut."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

He makes crawfish, listens to Frankie Beverly and Maze, and doesn’t ingratiate himself with the sports media machine, largely a white institutional space.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

All the while, another machine consisting of a motor, a cylindrical blade assembly and a conveyor belt swallowed logs into one end and delivered a stream of wood chips out the other.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

They include the hassles of fixing a change machine, the reckless drivers he encounters during his pickup-and-delivery service and the endless struggle to find detergent bottles small enough to fit into his vending machine.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

“Here’s our Enigma operator. It’s midnight. Time to reset the machine for the day. He rearranges the rotors and looks up the day’s ring settings.”

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

"We don't have good equipment like ventilation machines, and oxygen bottles," she adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

After "two or three hours" on the machines, Chiaki Sugai, a 56-year-old sushi restaurant employee, pushes a huge cart filled with trophies which cost her nearly 8,000 yen.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

Logs dangle like toothpicks from machines with hydraulic claws, and the whole scene is enveloped in dust.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

She’s also a living guidebook, offering advice on everything from where specific slot machines are to best spots for family photos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

Or were they all just mindless machines, content with their place in the world?

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.

From Barron's ● Apr. 22, 2026

Still, in our endless chase of machined refinement, I think we’re missing the value of human irregularity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

The material bonds to copper using only heat and pressure, and its components can be machined with widely available equipment.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 19, 2026

The carbon fibre hull had titanium domes fitted on each end, but he said the metal had been machined incorrectly.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2025

The throat diameter that I had so carefully calculated and Mr. Caton and his buddies had so precisely machined was now an ugly, oblong, pitted abomination.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam

Francesco Sciortino, CEO of Proxima, said European suppliers still dominate in areas it depends on, like precision machining and high-end steelmaking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

This matters for Proxima which uses a very expensive type of steel in its magnets, which needs machining to a high level accuracy.

From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2026

“Our 737 program is performing rework on a group of airplanes to fix wires that have small scratches due to a machining error,” a Boeing spokesperson said.

From Barron's ● Mar. 11, 2026

Patterson argued that the court should allow ATF to regulate only firearms that have been completed with “critical machining operations.”

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2024

“So I guess you’re an expert at welding and machining now,” he said.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam