mechanism
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The mechanism for change has been the Honours Diversity and Outreach Committee, created last year with the job of making the awards better reflect UK society.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
"This could represent a new cardioprotective mechanism of the Mediterranean diet," Vicinanza said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026
Here is how the mechanism would work — and in some places, already does.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
This mechanism allows them to sell more shares than the offering sizes and buy that same amount, either from the market or the company, to deliver them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
Galton’s idea was simple: he would mimic the mechanism of natural selection.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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“The timing and the mechanisms by which those commodities end up affecting our food prices are much more varied, and they take much more time to occur,” Volpe said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
These were strong mechanisms of control, she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Scientists have long known that this system exists, but the mechanisms behind it have remained difficult to explain.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Platforms are required to deploy systems to recognise extreme emotions and to implement crisis intervention mechanisms.
From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026
The throne whirred and hummed with secret mechanisms.
From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan
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