mechanism
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Manley and her colleague Juan Landoni, a postdoctoral fellow at the LEB, have now identified the mechanism responsible.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
An Iranian diplomatic source told journalists a new mechanism had been organised with Oman "under which there has been and will be a right of passage".
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
The researchers confirmed this mechanism using advanced electron microscopy, spectroscopy, and quantum-level simulations.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
Experts say rattlesnakes typically don’t bite unless they feel threatened and use their bite as a defense mechanism.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
But in scientific language, a word conveys more than an idea—a mechanism, a consequence, a prediction.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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