machine
noun
an apparatus consisting of interrelated parts with separate functions, used in the performance of some kind of work.
machine-like
-
a word derived from
machine.
Example Sentences
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The bot can also do real-time language translations, but ChatGPT will respond in its older, machine-like voice.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
The founders said they decided to give the tool a machine-like voice because in internal testing, call recipients preferred that to other, more realistic voices.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 12, 2023
The Trojans still lead the country in scoring with 51.8 points per game, but three shaky performances are revealing malfunctions in USC’s typically machine-like offense.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2023
In her Hemphill Artworks show, the Korea-born Baltimore artist stacks or lines up identically shaped tablets of various flat, bright colors on white backgrounds with machine-like precision.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 17, 2023
Johnny thought in amazement how nonchalant and even sluggish Rab could seem about the printing shop, and yet he did his work with a machine-like perfection.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
