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mechanism

[mek-uh-niz-uhm] / ˈmɛk əˌnɪz əm /




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But that’s not the mechanism by which it harms animals.

From Slate • Jun. 11, 2026

In a statement published Wednesday, Russia's digital ministry said Roblox had successfully implemented measures to "protect children, including by launching a mechanism to restrict access to games by age group".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

But conspiracy thinking is not a knowledge problem; it is an identity defense mechanism.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

Although UNI418 itself will require additional development and testing, the underlying mechanism offers a promising new framework for future combination therapies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

But while this description of the mechanism of heredity solved Mendel’s question—how does like beget like?—it failed to solve Darwin's converse riddle: How does like beget unlike?

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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