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mechanical

[muh-kan-i-kuhl] / məˈkæn ɪ kəl /


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According to Germany’s Ifo institute, the war in Iran is already hitting the currency area’s energy-intensive industries, which include the automotive, chemical, pharmaceutical and mechanical engineering sectors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Forest does have public liability insurance that covers incidents caused by mechanical failures of its bikes.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Originally a maker of mechanical accounting machines and punch-card systems, IBM was an early entrant in personal computers.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

And there’s always a hummingbird, designed “like a mechanical Fabergé egg,” hidden among the art.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

“Chewing and swallowing can be a mechanical process. And the whatnot designers—they created androids that look like they are eating and swallowing and digesting food like a normal human child.”

From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix




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