machinery
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Expenditure: The value of goods and services bought by households and by government, investment in machinery and buildings.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Imagine a swarm of robots rushing to complete an urgent job, such as cleaning up an oil spill or assembling complex machinery.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
Others showed me broken machinery they have no way to repair.
From Salon • Apr. 11, 2026
Sybilla Masters, who lived in colonial Pennsylvania, invented machinery that mechanized the time-consuming, arduous task of pounding corn by hand into usable meal or flour.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
One night he was working on the machinery of the swings when suddenly he was roused from thought by the sounds of angry voices.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
Vocabulary lists containing machinery
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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