machinery
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After a dangerously dense forest is cleared out with hands and heavy machinery, it’s much safer to return a few years later with prescribed fire instead, which is much cheaper.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
Most of the machinery used in construction was invented decades ago: bulldozers in the 1920s and cranes in the 1940s, Goldman Sachs notes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
In May, construction machinery manufacturer JCB announced it would be attempting to set a new world land speed record with a car powered by hydrogen.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
But their push pits them against Europe's biggest economy, Germany, which exports many goods like cars and factory machinery.
From Barron's • May 29, 2026
As we have seen, the first mechanical clocks date to the late thirteenth century, and their geared machinery derived from water-wheels and windmills.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing machinery
Engineering - Introductory
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Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering - Middle School
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