Example Sentences

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Selling two $50 million-plus stakes in a private partnership in a week is mechanically impossible at fair value.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

“The implication is not that one should mechanically short every stock that doubles,” they wrote.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Then it would need to be mechanically excavated from deep underground in the middle of hostile territory and could weigh 1,000 pounds.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

As growth slows, scaling back debt-fueled manufacturing will mechanically raise consumption’s share of the broader economy, economists say.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

He ran steadily, mechanically, his barrel legs pumping like a metronome.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman