machine tool
noun
a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
machine-tooled
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a word derived from
machine tool.
Example Sentences
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Too many musicals, particularly on Broadway, feel machine-tooled and market-tested—singing and dancing displays of familiar IP, to use today’s jargon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
It’s also why I don’t feel the same need to see most machine-tooled arena productions again and again, no matter how much I love the band.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2020
Since then, it’s been all machine-tooled hits for Maroon 5, with non-Levine band members essentially tapping out of songwriting duties entirely.
From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2018
Swift is machine-tooled and arena-ready, glamorously costumed and moving like a model with every step.
From Washington Post ● May 10, 2018
Their sole possible rivals were half a dozen garishly bound Middle School prizes, machine-tooled, and to be mistaken for treasures only at a distance of several yards.
From Clayhanger by Arnold Bennett
