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engines

noun

plural of engine

as in machines

a device that changes energy into mechanical motion a car with a 200-horsepower engine

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Recent Examples of engines Silicon carbide has become especially important for aircraft engines and planetary exploration systems. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026 The company has already vetted the engines on Flight 14's Ship, firing up all six of them last week at Starbase. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The opportunity to learn from professionals in the field about working on engines and also learning from Miami-Dade College professors has been a huge benefit, said Rangel, the auto tech. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 The rescue effort is happening as hundreds of firefighters, engines and dozers battle the Ross Fire. — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 Crucially, the facility will generate its own 460 megawatts of electricity on-site using gas engines, entirely bypassing traditional grid interconnection queues that bottleneck AI development. — Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Narrower set of engines Next week's nonfarm payrolls report could also give some reassurance on how the economy is doing, which remains robust but with weakening pillars of support. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 Digital storefronts like Steam made independent games easier to distribute, while increasingly accessible technology and innovative gaming engines like Unity and Unreal made indies cheaper to produce. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026 Personal care and beauty is one of the wellness economy’s steadiest engines, and the shop is among the highest-margin ways to capture it. — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Muscles aren’t just machines that move our bones from place to place.

— Mike McRae September 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026
By the end of 2010, the TSA had deployed around 500 machines designed to detect non-metallic weapons and explosives, the TSA's website said.

— Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

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As for grunt, the TX450 is equipped with a hybrid propulsion system that combines conventional diesel engines with electric motors and batteries.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2026
His first responded to Trump’s April 2025 imposition of a 145 percent tariff on imports from China; Beijing then halted global exports of rare-earth permanent magnets, another essential input for car seats, windshield wipers, motors, and cameras.

— Chad P. Bown, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026

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