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- noun Plural form of
machine . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
machine .
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As part of the testing for our continuously updated ratings of front-loading and top-loading washing machines available to subscribers, we recently reviewed three washing machines* with these odor-fighting features.
Inside Consumer Reports Tests Labs: New front-loading washing machines from Whirlpool and Maytag 2009
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As part of the testing for our continuously updated ratings of front-loading and top-loading washing machines (available to subscribers), we recently reviewed three washing machines* with these odor-fighting features.
Inside Consumer Reports Tests Labs: New front-loading washing machines from Whirlpool and Maytag 2009
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For centuries, people had developed various calculating machines and other mechanical devices, and in the early 20th century business machines performed accounting and calculating functions.
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_machines pour remonter les batteaux, machines pour_ -- a great many things which you would like to see I am sure over my father's shoulder.
The Life and Letters of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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The question of whether or not human-level interpretation can be achieved in machines is the question at the heart of the Chinese Room thought experiment.
AI - Mark 3 Hal Duncan 2006
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The question of whether or not human-level interpretation can be achieved in machines is the question at the heart of the Chinese Room thought experiment.
Archive 2006-10-01 Hal Duncan 2006
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This was not the whole, for the coining machines were worked with greater rapidity and exactness, by boys, from twelve to fourteen years of age, than could be done, by the former process, by a number of strong men, and their fingers not being in the least endangered; the machine depositing the blanks upon the dies, and when struck, it displaced one piece and deposited another.
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A different take: Feeding the machines is a chance to rest your brain.
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“Asking bloggers to now return (or give away) the machines is akin to throwing water on a pan of burning oil”
The Five Key Missteps Microsoft Made with the Vista Blogger Fiasco 2006
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Asking bloggers to now return (or give away) the machines is akin to throwing water on a pan of burning oil, in an attempt to put the fire out.
The Five Key Missteps Microsoft Made with the Vista Blogger Fiasco 2006
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