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sewing machines

  • plural
    of sewing machine.
    sewing machine
    noun
    any of various foot-operated or electric machines for sewing or making stitches, ranging from machines with a shuttle for a spool of thread and a needle for sewing garments to industrial machines for sewing leather, book pages together, etc.

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Those workers may use tools such as sewing machines but fully automating such labour is difficult.

From BBC May 18, 2026

Tracye Saar, who is her mother’s youngest daughter and also her studio manager, has memories of sitting under the long wooden tables at the ICCC, smelling the dust and oil from the sewing machines.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

That logic propagated from muskets to sewing machines and farm equipment, eroding craft economics and laying the groundwork for the modern assembly line.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

Now those plans are on hold as her budget is eaten up buying petrol to power up generators to run her sewing machines after fuel prices jumped about 20 percent in Africa's most populous country.

From Barron's Mar. 20, 2026

The Jeeps, troops, and sewing machines were now drawn up next to the Far Common quadrangle.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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