In the modern production system, machines and apparatuses play an important role.

Figuring out what machines could play them has generally been confusing, or at least obscure.

But this machine played music no-one had ever heard before.

The machine would play a person at the game of Nim.

Instead, the machine calls the owner at any phone number, announces that an important message has been received and plays it back.

Instead of machining parts by hand, machines play a larger role now.

Political machines still play a role in some states.

If the machine had played routinely, it would almost certainly have lost.

To hand over material to a material-cruncher like this extraordinary machine is playing with fire.

He squinted into the setting sun while the answering machine played its recording at him.