machine tool
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Manufacturers report persistent shortages of machine tool operators and technicians who can repair complex new equipment, skills that take time and training to learn.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
The deal will alleviate fears, including in the country's famed watch industry and machine tool sector, of any lasting impact of the devastating tariff hike.
From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025
The part is finished by trimming in a computer-controlled machine tool.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023
The staff grew to seventeen, including what the writer Robert Marks later described as “Polish sheet metal experts, Italian machine tool men, Scandinavian woodcraftsmen, and former Rolls-Royce coach makers.”
From Slate • Aug. 2, 2022
The machine shops are manned by machine "specialists" most of whom know how to operate a single machine tool or perform a single operation made up of relatively simple elements.
From Wage Earning and Education by Lutz, Rufus Rolla
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
