mechanism
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But since that's not happening, it means there's a "mechanism" by which the corona is able to maintain its inexplicably high temperature, he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
After today’s deadline, there’s no mechanism to force him off.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Because the researchers find that these small whirlpools appear continuously wherever the magnetic field is sufficiently strong, the vortices could provide a persistent mechanism for twisting the Sun's magnetic field lines.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
“The real lesson of this—which policymakers largely got but the public didn’t—is that the control mechanism worked.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
One of de Caus’s machines, however, has a sophisticated feedback mechanism.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
The joint statement also called for the establishment of "mechanisms for transparency, traceability, and auditing" to make sure the funds are properly used.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Leaders at both OpenAI and Anthropic have called for establishing new mechanisms that would allow AI companies to coordinate on safety matters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
There are several mechanisms inherent to prediction market apps that make them a little different than putting it all on red.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
Their active locations and operating mechanisms can change with the operating mode of the energy system.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
If this is a fact, it should be of interest to the immunologic community, which has long since staked out claims on the mechanisms involved in the discrimination between self and non-self.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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The Suffix -ism, Part 1
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