mechanism
Example Sentences
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But conspiracy thinking is not a knowledge problem; it is an identity defense mechanism.
From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026
Although UNI418 itself will require additional development and testing, the underlying mechanism offers a promising new framework for future combination therapies.
From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026
So teams have to use a different mechanism in the rules if they consider the penalty unfair.
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
My only coping mechanism was to give up trying and read.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
In Darwin’s time, the most commonly accepted mechanism of heredity was a theory advanced by the eighteenth-century French biologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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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