mechanism
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"When this electoral system was put in place a review mechanism was also built into that process and what we need now is to really see that review take place," she said.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
Can you just describe what the “ordeal mechanism theory” is?
From Slate ● Sep. 19, 2026
By 2019, the mechanism had become almost perfectly circular.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Cancer cells may exploit this survival mechanism, potentially contributing to tumors that return in a more aggressive and treatment-resistant form.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
By the winter of 1857, Wallace had begun to formulate a general theory about the mechanism driving variation in these islands.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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Polymarket’s chief competitor, Kalshi, doesn’t, though that company inspects funds withdrawn to different payment mechanisms and freezes suspicious payments, a person familiar with that company’s protocols said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
As Bryan starts to encounter the strange beings who appear on the outskirts of Raccoon City, the game mechanisms click into place.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Subsequent studies have explored related mechanisms, although they should not be treated as direct confirmation of the entire Menin aging pathway.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
This means banning profiling-based recommender feeds that lead to children seeing harmful content, as well as on reward-type mechanisms, and unsolicited contact from strangers.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
It is autodestruction due to lytic mechanisms entirely under the governance of the smaller partner.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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Vocabulary lists containing mechanism
Power Suffix: -ism
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