machine
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This year, while setting up a bubble machine to shower celebrants, Leigh saw a gopher pop its head up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Every exercise machine in the gym had a slot to connect your iPod directly to a personalized sound system.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
For a moment, Taylor Detector is an exceptionally boring slot machine.
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026
Today's leading machine learning systems are built from highly simplified artificial units.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 13, 2026
“But we can’t do the same. We see BER KLW in the message preamble. But if we set our machine to BER and type in KLW, we don’t get THA.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Founded in 1862 by Adam Opel, the company produced sewing machines and later bicycles, before venturing into car manufacturing in 1899 at its Ruesselsheim site.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
It remains a mystery why the smartest machines in the universe need our moral support, but researchers inside the frontier labs do have theories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Autonomous devices integrated directly into superconducting circuits could reduce both the cost and complexity of machines containing very large numbers of qubits.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I loved these machines when we would go to the zoo. It was a must-have every time.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The robot looked similar to Roz, but bigger and bulkier, like he was built for working with heavy machines.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" 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 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 foundation of the sound capture is still better than anything else that you would find today. The products that were put into use and the way that it was machined … it’s unmatched.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
Every piece of equipment had to be machined to the most demanding specifications and designed for the heaviest duty.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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
According to a biography of Woods published in 1887, he attended school until about the age of 10, learning basic reading, writing and arithmetic, before leaving to apprentice in blacksmithing and machining.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 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
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