mechanistic
adjective
mech·a·nis·tic
ˌme-kə-ˈni-stik 
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During the pandemic, the antiparasitic drug ivermectin gained traction as a possible COVID treatment because there were mechanistic reasons to think the drug might work.
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
If a business is looking to embrace mechanistic interpretability, the path forward can be unclear but certainly incremental.
—Rishabh Sambare, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
What the Doomsday Clock lacks in mechanistic explanation of risk, the graphic makes up for by exposing our influence over the end of time.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
This tendency is most apparent in the ethos of the tech industry, a domain shaped by mechanistic, reductionist thinking.
—Dr. Alex Gold, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
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Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 15 July 2025
If a business is looking to embrace mechanistic interpretability, the path forward can be unclear but certainly incremental.
—Rishabh Sambare, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025
What the Doomsday Clock lacks in mechanistic explanation of risk, the graphic makes up for by exposing our influence over the end of time.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
This tendency is most apparent in the ethos of the tech industry, a domain shaped by mechanistic, reductionist thinking.
—Dr. Alex Gold, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for mechanistic
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“Mechanistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mechanistic. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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