mechanism
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Molly Roberts, one of the co-authors of the Nature paper this column featured last week, said Jeff’s experiment surfaces a mechanism distinct from the one her team studied—but no less important.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
Earlier this year, she suffered lingering concussion symptoms following a freak gym accident in which the locking mechanism on a leg-press machine failed and a 45kg weight crashed onto her head and knee.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
“Basically, I’m wondering if the reaction is over, or, or if upon stopping the cooling mechanism, if it would re-initiate itself.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026
Second, racial homophily in networks is a mechanism that, in part, causes political disparities.
From Slate • May 22, 2026
Since you can exert more force pulling and pushing on a lever than you can turning a crank, this is more efficient than a crank mechanism would be at lifting weights.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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