mechanism

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The European Commission proposed removing the invalidation mechanism for allowances in the market-stability reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

It added there was "currently no mechanism inside the current legislation to check a landlord's credentials".

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

“Secure ballot envelope identifiers provide a reliable, auditable mechanism to enforce Federal law without unduly burdening or infringing on the rights of eligible voters,” the order reads.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

To determine whether the same mechanism exists in humans, the team analyzed fat tissue samples from more than 1,5000 individuals, including people with obesity.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 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