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Examples of machinery in a Sentence
Some of the mill's machinery was damaged in the fire.
a piece of farm machinery
Something was clogging the machinery.
The United Nations has set up machinery for mediation.
Recent Examples on the Web
To make matters worse, any plastic film that gets into the line clogs the machinery, which means workers have to cut it out.
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Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor Factory workers operate machinery for Sungrow Power, a large Chinese producer of photovoltaic inverters and other key solar, wind, and other green energy equipment, in Hefei, Anhui province, March 27, 2024.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
The National Library of Medicine states ketamine prescriptions often include information warning users not to operate heavy machinery or perform potentially hazardous activities for 24 hours after taking the drug.
—Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
This industrialization has been made possible by major investment in machinery, enabling the company to reach a production capacity of 500 MWh per year.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Turkey’s elections are somewhat free, and not particularly fair, given Erdogan and the AKP’s outsize grip on the machinery of state and influence over media.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
When using this product do not move around, drive a motor vehicle, or operate machinery.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Crews will start preparing the area for staging machinery this week, as long as the weather cooperates.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
While there has not been credible evidence suggesting that AI has been utilized for strike capabilities, it has been used to acquire battlefield intelligence by identifying different types of adversarial weaponry and machinery.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2024
Cynthia Sewell, Idaho Statesman, 8 Apr. 2024
Ann Scott Tyson/The Christian Science Monitor Factory workers operate machinery for Sungrow Power, a large Chinese producer of photovoltaic inverters and other key solar, wind, and other green energy equipment, in Hefei, Anhui province, March 27, 2024.
—Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Apr. 2024
The National Library of Medicine states ketamine prescriptions often include information warning users not to operate heavy machinery or perform potentially hazardous activities for 24 hours after taking the drug.
—Sasha Hupka, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
This industrialization has been made possible by major investment in machinery, enabling the company to reach a production capacity of 500 MWh per year.
—Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2024
Turkey’s elections are somewhat free, and not particularly fair, given Erdogan and the AKP’s outsize grip on the machinery of state and influence over media.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2024
When using this product do not move around, drive a motor vehicle, or operate machinery.
—George Dvorsky / Gizmodo, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2024
Crews will start preparing the area for staging machinery this week, as long as the weather cooperates.
—Corinne Purtill, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2024
While there has not been credible evidence suggesting that AI has been utilized for strike capabilities, it has been used to acquire battlefield intelligence by identifying different types of adversarial weaponry and machinery.
—Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Machinery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinery. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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machinery
noun
ma·chin·ery
mə-ˈshēn-(ə-)rē 
plural machineries
1
: machines in general
2
: the working parts of a machine or instrument
3
: the organization or system by which something is done or carried on
machinery of government
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