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Discover LudwigThe phrase "adding machine" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a device that performs mathematical calculations, typically used in accounting or business settings.
Example: "The accountant relied on the old adding machine to quickly tally the expenses for the month."
Alternatives: "calculator" or "computing device".
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He works with a desk computer, a small adding machine & a Stock Exchange ticker.
Mr. Poxley leaned over and pressed the Clear button on his adding machine.
By adding machine learning, he explained, "what you could sell to people are answers to things".
Filibusters are devices for registering intensity rather than mere numbers — government by adding machine.
At 10, I made an adding machine out of cardboard, glue and nuts and bolts.
"Really smart, a real 'Rain Man' type with numbers; he didn't need an adding machine.
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Quickly the milestones became like old-fashioned adding machines, crucial one day, junk the next.
All the wastebaskets were full of the curled strips of paper from the adding machines.
There are also old television sets in wooden cabinets, manual typewriters and mechanical adding machines.
In the early decades of the 20th century, desktop adding machines and other calculating devices were developed.
An antique hob outside and old sewing and adding machines inside give the place a retro feel.
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