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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
mechanize .
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Examples
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It over-mechanizes the human body – robbing it of its dignity as an integral part of the human person (with which it is, in a sense, identifiable) – and shows itself to be a manifestation of the imperialism of the mind over all physical realities: body, land, etc.
ProWomanProLife » Malcolm Gladwell and the origins of the Pill 2009
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Wagging The Dog Program trading, which mechanizes a variety of trading strategies, accounted for about 30% of volume on the New York Stock Exchange in May, compared to 10% a decade ago.
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Ideas must be formulated by an individual and anything that mechanizes life to such an extent that the possible operation of free intelligence is obstructed is definitely antipathetic to the French mind.
A Royalist Fiasco 1934
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In the short survey that is possible here, we can mention only one of these novels in which a distinctive feature of his concept of our times, his disgust and fear of materialism which mechanizes life, appears most strongly.
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QUOTATION: Raphael paints wisdom, Handel sings it, Phidias carves it, Shakespeare writes it, Wren builds it, Columbus sails it, Luther preaches it, Washington arms it, Watt mechanizes it.
Quotations 1919
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Energy costs will keep going up as more of the world mechanizes, increasing the production of food and goods.
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About 750,000 acres of the 2. 3-million acre White River National Forest, or 33 percent, is already Wilderness, which prohibits motorized and mechanizes uses.
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About 750,000 acres of the 2. 3-million acre White River National Forest, or 33 percent, is already Wilderness, which prohibits motorized and mechanizes uses.
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About 750,000 acres of the 2. 3-million acre White River National Forest, or 33 percent, is already Wilderness, which prohibits motorized and mechanizes uses.
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For one thing it further mechanizes American military operations and expands their capacity, as well as helps perpetuate the military-industrial complex.
TreeHugger 2010
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