engine
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“With labor-force growth slowing to a crawl, productivity is no longer just one of the engines of growth—it’s close to the only engine left,” said Erik Brynjolfsson, director of the Stanford Digital Economy Lab.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
"This dramatic layering of young jets inside older, exhausted lobes is the signature of an episodic AGN -- a galaxy whose central engine keeps turning on and off over cosmic timescales."
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Scalia said his goal was to “remove barriers to the greatest engine of economic prosperity the world has ever known: the innovation, initiative, and drive of the American people.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Consumer spending is the biggest engine of the U.S. economy.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026
Mr. Palmer turned off the engine but the car kept moving, swaying from side to side and rocking from back to front at the same time.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing engine
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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