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business machine

American  

noun

  1. a machine for expediting clerical work, as a tabulator or adding machine.


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Friends said Hackman came to cherish the simpler life away from paparazzi and hype of the show business machine.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 4, 2025

Mr. Moseley worked as a business machine operator and had never been convicted of any crime.

From Washington Post Apr. 5, 2016

Or should it be a cold, lean, mean, business machine, a device with more power than heart, optimized to let you get your work done as quickly and cheaply as possible?

From New York Times Jul. 28, 2014

However, it was priced and sold as a business machine, and was more robust than Dell's consumer-grade equivalent, the Inspiron 600M.

From The Guardian Dec. 21, 2012

The mass of the people were in great need always, and in more bitter need than ever precisely at the times when the business machine was clogged by what they called overproduction.

From Equality by Edward Bellamy

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