gears

Example Sentences

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Businesses are shifting gears to focus on creating “immersive experiences” with reduced footprints.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The couple quickly shifted gears and bought shares of the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

He knows when the business end of these games are and he just finds gears, that's what he's always done.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Also’s engineers have worked to mimic the feeling of riding a real bike and shifting gears even without a chain connecting the pedals to the wheels.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Then light machine guns, mounted on the fronts of planes, were equipped with “interrupter” gears that allowed the guns to fire through the propellers without hitting the blades.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman