machinery
Example Sentences
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Heavy machinery arrived two hours later to begin the three-day excavation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026
TeknTrash founder and CEO Al Costa argues that copying human movement allows his robot to fit into existing plants without redesigning the machinery.
From BBC • May 4, 2026
"Infrasound is pervasive in everyday environments, appearing near ventilation systems, traffic, and industrial machinery," said Prof Rodney Schmaltz of MacEwan University, senior author of the article in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
From Science Daily • May 3, 2026
The machinery is working exactly as Piker’s critics would least want it to work, and the people running it either cannot see that or do not care to.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
As we have seen, the first mechanical clocks date to the late thirteenth century, and their geared machinery derived from water-wheels and windmills.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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Vocabulary lists containing machinery
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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