engine

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

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Recent Examples of engine The glassy ash particles melt when sucked into jet turbines, clog fuel systems and can stall engines in midair. David Kitchen, The Conversation, 15 Apr. 2025 Buoyant markets during most of the quarter, which ended March 31, should also support the bank’s wealth and asset management division, which CEO David Solomon has called the growth engine of the bank. Hugh Son, CNBC, 14 Apr. 2025 Their twin-engine Mitsubishi MU-2B crashed in a muddy field about 10 miles south of Columbia County Airport, its intended destination, around noon on April 12. Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025 In June 2013, a craft owned by New York Helicopter experienced engine failure with four passengers aboard, which ended in an emergency evacuation, according to National Transportation Safety Board records. Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for engine

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“Engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/engine. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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