mechanism
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France has invoked the European Union's civil protection mechanism to ask for help, President Emmanuel Macron said, warning the crisis remained "very intense."
From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026
Supporters said the legislation would create a basic safety mechanism as companies deploy increasingly capable agentic AI systems that can act independently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
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
"It's not just an observation -- there's a mechanism behind it."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 19, 2026
There was a door at the back of the plane, and when he turned off the engine mechanism in the yo-yo, he was close enough to reach out for the handle.
From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz
Iran said on Sunday it had made progress in talks with neighbouring Oman on "common principles and operational mechanisms" for shipping in the Strait.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
Earlier research has indicated that the molecule may support cellular maintenance mechanisms that become less active with age.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
"But incomes and bill support mechanisms have not kept up. Households are left with mounting energy debts, forced to choose between heating and eating."
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
“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
Finally, I did something I’d been dying to do for the past week—I disabled the locking mechanisms on both devices.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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