system
Example Sentences
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“We’re going to see a traffic jam of patch releases and system downtimes as companies try to apply these patches.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
It was lunch at Zov’s in Tustin and the question was how this voting system works and could maybe 200 more hits get him in.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026
Words such as "think," "know," "understand," and "want" suggest that a system has thoughts, intentions, or awareness.
From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2026
The challenge was to balance those two forces and rely on the transplanted immune system from my brother to keep the cancer in check—refinements Storb and his colleagues had been pursuing for years.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
For by now, in addition to the workers whom we wanted to initiate into the system, we had three more permanent boarders: Thea Dacosta, Meta Monsanto, and Mary Itallie.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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Vocabulary lists containing system
Word Generation Science - Scientific Thinking
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 1
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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