mechanism
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“I think it’s a new mechanism for price discovery, and not just for crypto,” Van Geelen told MarketWatch in an exchange of messages on Whatsapp.
From MarketWatch • May 20, 2026
Both countries agreed in principle to discuss a framework for reciprocal tariff reductions on products of equivalent value under a trade council mechanism, with each side covering goods worth at least US$30 billion.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
"Black holes provide a mechanism to enhance this density, which we can now search for by analyzing the gravitational waves emitted when they merge."
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
And I think that’s the most important thing about liberalism: that is a self-correcting mechanism that allows it when it goes too far—and it often goes too far—to correct itself.
From Slate • May 16, 2026
On the Aeron, the seat pan and back of the chair moved independently through a complex mechanism.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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