mechanism
Example Sentences
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“The most immediate—and economically painful—adjustment mechanism is demand destruction, which is already becoming evident.”
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Regeneron plans to test the mechanism behind Otarmeni in other forms of inherited hearing loss as well as in conditions like obesity and diabetes, Yancopoulos said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
Successive governments have urged councils to make use of the orders as a mechanism to revitalise high streets.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Long before the current artificial intelligence boom, he was experimenting with the idea of turning truth into a market mechanism.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2026
Ella's papa used to tell her that life was a massive and intricate clockwork gear—a mechanism of cogs and springs and cams charged with a purpose, each element having to do its part.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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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