mechanical
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Originally a maker of mechanical accounting machines and punch-card systems, IBM was an early entrant in personal computers, though it ultimately pivoted to IT consulting before the turn of the 21st century.
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
We’re tapping digital buttons that now stand in for physical buttons that once stood in for a mechanical method for interacting with a complex system.
From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026
They eased mechanical strain, making it practical to run banks of elevators continuously, packing in larger workforces and turning vertical circulation into a scalable system rather than a bottleneck.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
The Strasbourg clock was built in the middle of the fourteenth century—but the mechanical philosophy was invented three centuries later.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing mechanical
"The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 11
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