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machinery

noun

mə-ˈshē-nə-rē

as in instrumentality

something used to achieve an end sincerely believes that the machinery of government can be used to better people's lives

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Recent Examples of machinery Unfolding with an immersive pace to earn our attention and chuckles throughout, the film’s opening sequence is its most brilliant, with an employee of a beer bottling factory in the Midwest dropping his vape on the ledges of fast-moving machinery. —

Tomris Laffly, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026 But their work typically involves operating machinery. —

Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026 In the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution was powered by harnessing physical machinery. —

François Candelon, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026 Sustainability has been a key consideration for the facility, with lower-impact production technologies and energy-efficient machinery expected to reduce water and power usage. —

Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for machinery

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They are left wielding the tools of instrumentality: in-groups and cliques, buying effort through more money, coercive employment agreements and suits against whistleblowers.

— Dave Winsborough, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
Holding the weight of cotton’s influence on the world, and thus the instrumentality of Black labor, is painful, yet necessary work.

— Cierra Black, Essence, 9 July 2025