mechanisms

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A nonscientific layman like me would think that the scientific community would already have mechanisms like this in place.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

These results closely matched the biological mechanisms observed in the mouse studies.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

—Use incognito or private browsing mode, which prevents cookies from persisting between sessions and makes it harder for sites to recognize you as a returning visitor, though many sites have tracking mechanisms other than cookies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The egomania and the fabulism are coping mechanisms that will grow more extreme under pressure.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

These deficiencies of astrological theory are less visible to the innumerate, who are not likely to concern themselves with mechanisms, and who are seldom interested in comparing magnitudes.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos