Bill Gates

Well the protester I think is a very powerful thing. It's basically a mechanism of democracy that, along with capitalism, scientific innovation, those things have built the modern world. And it's wonderful that the new tools have empowered that protestor so that state secrets, bad developments are not hidden anymore.

American Businessman

James Murphy

I suppose what happened is that I spent my whole life wanting to be cool but eventually came to recognise the mechanism of how coolness works. So it's not really that I don't want to be cool anymore - it's more like I've come to realise that coolness doesn't exist the way I once assumed.

American Musician

Indya Moore

Both 'Saturday Church' and 'Pose' are incredible because they demonstrate something essential about survival. When you get pushed hard enough by certain circumstances, your survival mechanism kicks in, and you grow into the things that you need or are missing in your life.

American Actor

Hope Jahren

I think being a scientist is a position of respect and power and access, and it's a privileged position in society. And I think there are fundamental mechanisms that keep men and women from achieving the same level of power and access and privilege in society.

American Scientist

James Corden

This arrogance thing... I've had that my whole life. I flip between, 'Oh really? Oh, thank you. Wow. That's amazing' and, 'Yeah! Of course I am.' They're both varying degrees of a self-defence mechanism. It can be from minute to minute that I change.

English Actor

Ian Gomez

As a child, one of my defense mechanisms was to try to be funny. My mom tried to nurture that by putting me in acting class. But I got bored when we stopped pretending to be trees and actually had to work.

Garry Kasparov

There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes.

Celebrity

Emmanuel Jal

A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.

Sudanese Musician

Thundercat

Comedy is a coping mechanism, and it helps us stay alive.

Baron Davis

I think sports is the healing mechanism around the world.

American Athlete

Think of 'mechanism' as the heart of a function, essential for operation.

Functional Purpose

'Mechanism' isn't limited to tangible systems; it can refer to abstract processes.

Not Always Physical

Use 'mechanism' for technical or mechanical contexts, often involving engineering.

Technical Context

A 'mechanism' usually involves parts that interact with each other.

Component Interaction

'Mechanism' can refer to a planned, step-by-step method for achieving something.

Methodical Procedures

'Mechanism' can be a figurative way of describing how an abstract system functions.

Abstract Utilization

In biology, 'mechanism' refers to the intricate processes of living organisms.

Biological Processes

Use 'mechanism' to denote invisible but vital biological processes.

Internal Workings

 such as an increased heart rate and slower breathing. But scientists still aren't sure exactly how or why the tears themselves are helpful. They may be a social mechanism to elicit sympathy or show submission. But some studies have also found that emotional tears contain higher levels of stress hormones,

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 So, it has evolved to grow and reproduce more rapidly, like an evolutionary defense mechanism against its shorter lifespan. Larger animals, by contrast, are better at fending off predators, and so they have the luxury of time to grow to large sizes and reproduce multiple times during their lives.

Why do animals have such...

 which probably makes them more likely to cross paths with a cat and help the parasite complete its life cycle. How does the parasite pull this off? Although the exact mechanism isn't known, toxo appears to increase dopamine, a brain neurotransmitter that is involved in novelty-seeking behavior.

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 Understanding the exact mechanism holds an important key to finding a cure for advanced stage cancers. By studying both the genetic and environmental factors, which contribute to successful metastasis, we can pinpoint ways to shut down the process. The war against cancer is a constant struggle,

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 Anatomical structures, or physiological mechanisms, with no apparent purpose present challenges to evolutionary biologists. Do such structures serve some hidden function that hasn't yet been discovered? Or are they relics of our evolutionary past, having once served some important purpose

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 help shift the body into a state where tissue is repaired and grown. This vital repair process mainly occurs when we're resting, especially at night while sleeping. Gender and age affect this repair mechanism, which is why young men with more testosterone

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 an Asia-Pacific community. And worldwide, act further, like you've begun to do at the end of last year by striking out against climate change with hands joined together rather than fists apart. Of course, all that happens if you've got a common mechanism

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 The brain has even evolved mechanisms to protect itself. One such mechanism is the blood-brain barrier, a semipermeable cellular wall that only allows specific chemicals to enter from the body's bloodstream into the brain. Despite this protection,

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 he still does that behaviour now because again these coping mechanisms, these abnormal behaviours that they have are life long. Luckily they're reducing a lot. We've met quite a few of them. Are there any primates here that, you know,

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 to develop coping mechanisms when I was a child the back and forth and the push and pull of affection was emotional whiplash you're wonderful you're horrible I love you I hate you I had to

Mechanism

A system or process that makes something work.

Often appears as...

A part of a machine, or a set of parts that work together.

Often appears as...

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A way of doing or achieving something.

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In biology, the natural processes in the body that cause particular things to happen.

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Functional Purpose

Not Always Physical

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