mechanism
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"Without a global coordination mechanism, companies and governments will have to make difficult decisions about safety while under competitive and geopolitical pressures," it said.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
It proposes a global agreement on how to potentially slow development and a mechanism for verifying that competitors are respecting it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Food and Drug Administration via a new, fast-track approval mechanism that could take as little as two months.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026
"We want to explain the mechanism of why very old patients are getting less cancer, but middle-aged patients are getting more."
From Science Daily • May 31, 2026
Nature had spontaneously thrown up rare freaks—precisely the mechanism that Darwin had proposed as evolution’s first step.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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Engineering - Introductory
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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