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machinery

[muh-shee-nuh-ree] / məˈʃi nə ri /


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Instead of targeting genetic mutations, the team found a method for destabilizing the machinery cancer cells use to repair DNA.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said he had mobilised the entire government machinery to respond to the calamity.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

The company, based in Vionnaz in the southwest, has relocated part of its production to China, but has retained high-value-added machinery in Switzerland.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Most of the machinery used in construction was invented decades ago: bulldozers in the 1920s and cranes in the 1940s, Goldman Sachs notes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Over the hum of machinery, I could hardly hear my own footsteps.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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