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mechanism

[mek-uh-niz-uhm] / ˈmɛk əˌnɪz əm /




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Efforts to refine the lacklustre Cali Fund -- a UN mechanism for sharing profits from corporations that use genetic data from plants and other organisms -- have also proved difficult.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

A high wealth threshold and a deferral mechanism both show up in Prop.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

The researchers suggest a possible mechanism involving magma generated in oxidized regions of Earth's mantle.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Allowing carers to earn more than an existing earnings limit without losing their entire allowance, replacing it with a taper mechanism instead.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 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

"While the practical mechanisms will be developed on the go, the new MPs will stick to the students' 1200-page long and detailed plan," he told the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Actuation refers to the mechanisms that control the movement of wings and surfaces, allowing an aircraft to climb, descend, bank, or turn.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

Larger studies with longer follow-up periods will be needed to establish whether the benefits persist, identify which patients are most likely to respond, and clarify the biological mechanisms responsible.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Such comparisons could reveal whether certain sleep mechanisms are widespread throughout the animal kingdom or developed independently in different evolutionary lineages.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Perhaps the fantastically sensitive and precise immunologic mechanisms for the detection of small molecules such as haptenes represent another way of sensing the same markers.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


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