powerful mechanism

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powerful
adjective
uk
/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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By illustrating various examples, we show that our approach eventually provides apowerfulmechanism to handle various defeasibilities in temporal prediction and postdiction.
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This provides apowerfulmechanismto define higher-order constraints.
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Indeed, interneurons are apowerfulmechanismof neuronal synchrony in the striatum.
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Subsumption is apowerfulmechanismfor comparing alternative representations.
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As a consequence, a morepowerfulmechanismis needed for such a purpose.
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They are a more heavyweight,powerfulmechanism, which consequently increases their implementation overhead and makes them harder to analyze.
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This feedback loop provides apowerfulmechanismfor coordinating neuronal activities with energy demand.
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But when backed by institutional structures and educational practices, it becomes apowerfulmechanism of censorship and, more important, a de facto measure of artistic quality.
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Dworkin (1993), for example, argued that "the conditioned reflex can be apowerfulmechanismfor eliminating intrinsic lags" (p. 48) and augmenting the effectiveness of a physiological feedback loop.
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That will provide apowerfulmechanismfor systematically drafting standards of quality and performance in the public sector.
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That market is apowerfulmechanism; all we need to do is to give it the fourth dimension of time.
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It should not be about having such apowerfulmechanismof central management control that it takes over the setting of priorities.
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This principle, which means that no nation receives more favourable treatment than that available to other nations, is a principle which has been apowerfulmechanismfor promoting free trade.
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This can be a verypowerfulmechanism, allowing engineers to define knowledge via rules that are independent of specific programs.
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Having a system actively identify and pursue irrelevant content for the purpose of elimination from a user experience may prove a highlypowerfulmechanism.
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Used sparingly, extended state variables and guards make up apowerfulmechanismthat can simplify designs.
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Sustainable investing is based on the assumption that financial markets represent apowerfulmechanismto promote sustainable business practices.
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First, it offered apowerfulmechanismfor explaining synonymity.
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A morepowerfulmechanismfor denoting a set in terms of its elements is set-builder notation.
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Analytics on software development data provides apowerfulmechanismthat software practitioners can leverage to achieve higher development productivity.
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