machined
Example Sentences
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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
It makes me think of myself as even partially machined — like these are the extensions of me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2024
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
