as in equipment
items needed for the performance of a task or activity
the hospital's operating rooms boast the very latest medical apparatus
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Some officials argue that is a feature, not a bug, while others have called for a complete rethinking of the regulatory apparatus in the country.
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Due to the agency's position as the regional security officer (RSO) in embassies around the world, DSS personnel acquire relationships with host nations' law enforcement, military and intelligence apparatuses.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
That movie was less a continuation of the series and more a takedown from within of Disney’s unwieldy superhero apparatus.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The senior American diplomat slipped quietly into Belarus, a police state run by a strongman reviled for decades in the West, traveling by car across the border for meetings with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko and the head of his KGB security apparatus.
—Tomas Dapkus, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
Due to the agency's position as the regional security officer (RSO) in embassies around the world, DSS personnel acquire relationships with host nations' law enforcement, military and intelligence apparatuses.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 19 Feb. 2025
That movie was less a continuation of the series and more a takedown from within of Disney’s unwieldy superhero apparatus.
—Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2025
The senior American diplomat slipped quietly into Belarus, a police state run by a strongman reviled for decades in the West, traveling by car across the border for meetings with President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko and the head of his KGB security apparatus.
—Tomas Dapkus, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
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“Apparatus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apparatus. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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