mechanism
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El Niño is not the primary mechanism in this flash flooding event, but it’s definitely a strong secondary factor, Cerveny added.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026
Margin growth of 30 bps in Australia beat consensus, despite the impact of a new funding mechanism affecting its Joondalup public campus in the west.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have now identified a mechanism that helps explain this switch and may offer a way to reverse it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Until recently - and on the basis of the MoU - Iran had been involved in negotiations with Oman, a US ally, to agree a mechanism for administering the strait.
From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026
It was engineers such as de Caus who, by generalizing the concept of a moving mechanism, made the clockwork universe and the mechanical man possible.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"Simply continuing to... maintain commercial channels and provide alternative payment mechanisms can substantially reduce the effectiveness of economic isolation," said Lezhava.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
Observatories including the James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra have discovered massive black holes at unexpectedly early stages of cosmic history, increasing interest in formation mechanisms capable of producing large black hole seeds very quickly.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Federal Aviation Administration is also seeking input from the space industry on funding mechanisms for new spaceports and the “potential utility” of public-private partnerships.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026
The new rules, which take effect on 1 January 2027, mean new car designs without physical release mechanisms on the inside and outside of their doors cannot be sold.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
In recent years there have been expansion and strengthening in new fields; biologic membranes, immunology, genetics, and cell regulatory mechanisms are currently booming.
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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