Example Sentences

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Scheffler's machine-like ability, which is apparent even when he does not seem to be playing at his peak, is similar to his fellow American.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2025

Now, consider the actual implications of that machine-like precision for USC.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 26, 2024

She had concluded her target practice, as always, with a sequence where she drew methodically, before each shot, to break the machine-like spell of firing without pause.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2022

A few decades later, the artists of Pazo Fine Art’s “The Neo & The Geo” returned to these elements, but with machine-like precision and a stronger emphasis on 3-D forms.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2021

Five of those guillotines—borrowed from the public library, the community college, plus our own elementary and high schools—slice construction paper with machine-like efficiency.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman