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Recent Examples of assembly-line
But companies are now dealing with much more complex issues that can’t be solved with assembly-line thinking.
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Preetpal Singh, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Magy showed Axios how the drones are made in a matter of hours, how finished sections snap together by hand and the assembly-line guts of xCell, the company's air-liftable containers.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
The discovery of electrons, aka electricity, was the major driving force of the second industrial revolution, leading to more efficient mass-production techniques in the form of assembly-line production and the rise of the steel, automobile, and telecommunications industries.
—Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The current model for modular construction – using assembly-line technologies to build homes – has its origin in the period after World War II.
—Jacob Posner, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
An assembly-line robot arm might have a very simple policy: rotate ten degrees clockwise, pick up an item, drop it, rotate back, repeat.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
In an age of assembly-line, middle-class comedians who try to squeeze humor out of Quaaludes, Pac-Man, and the reigning TV commercials of the day, Eddie Murphy is an original, razor-sharp fast mouth.
—Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
The Tribune found signatures like Gossen’s are routinely tossed in a largely behind-the-scenes process where elections workers make snap decisions in assembly-line fashion using questionable methods.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
Plants are still easiest, as they are typically pressed flat onto paper sheets and can be photographed assembly-line style on a conveyor belt, with their labels visible.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
Preetpal Singh, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Magy showed Axios how the drones are made in a matter of hours, how finished sections snap together by hand and the assembly-line guts of xCell, the company's air-liftable containers.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
The discovery of electrons, aka electricity, was the major driving force of the second industrial revolution, leading to more efficient mass-production techniques in the form of assembly-line production and the rise of the steel, automobile, and telecommunications industries.
—Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
The current model for modular construction – using assembly-line technologies to build homes – has its origin in the period after World War II.
—Jacob Posner, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Dec. 2024
An assembly-line robot arm might have a very simple policy: rotate ten degrees clockwise, pick up an item, drop it, rotate back, repeat.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
In an age of assembly-line, middle-class comedians who try to squeeze humor out of Quaaludes, Pac-Man, and the reigning TV commercials of the day, Eddie Murphy is an original, razor-sharp fast mouth.
—Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
The Tribune found signatures like Gossen’s are routinely tossed in a largely behind-the-scenes process where elections workers make snap decisions in assembly-line fashion using questionable methods.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
Plants are still easiest, as they are typically pressed flat onto paper sheets and can be photographed assembly-line style on a conveyor belt, with their labels visible.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly-line
Adjective
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Go further upmarket, however, and Maserati has more choices for you: the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore and its open-top derivative the GranCabrio.—
James Morris,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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The decrease was primarily due to a loss on the extinguishment of Convertible Notes and changes in the fair value of derivative liabilities.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The movie’s a little more hackneyed and obvious now, but its central idea is still an undeniably creepy one: possessed children with pitchforks.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Which is a nauseatingly hackneyed and clichéd — not to mention stupefyingly reductive — type of statement to make about any kind of art or entertainment, of course.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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On the runways two themes emerged: a return to a classical femininity and a call for individuality and the end of cookie-cutter, formula dressing.—
Laia Garcia-Furtado,
Vogue,
19 Mar. 2025
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A lot of time and money is invested in ensuring your home makes a first impression that represents the style and personality of those living inside it, and having a duplicate on the street makes the neighborhood feel more cookie-cutter.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Part Two press, Timothée begins filming A Complete Unknown in New York City. March 22, 2024: Timothée and his assistant/best friend, Nick Spiro, attend the launch party for Kylie’s canned vodka soda, Sprinter, at Catch LA.—
Zoë Haylock,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
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Warm up some canned black beans, and stir in taco seasoning.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Through his first three games this year, the seven-time All-Star and 2023 league MVP is averaging a thoroughly pedestrian 14.7 points on .324/.154/1.000 shooting splits.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
Newsweek,
20 Nov. 2024
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Android 15’s second beta release has other notable additions today that didn’t make it to the relatively pedestrian first release.—
Umar Shakir,
The Verge,
15 May 2024
Adjective
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The stodgy tradition, after all, allowed committee chairmen, usually southern Democratic (and segregationist) House members, to hold those coveted positions for decades.—
David Mark,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 Mar. 2025
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Bohemian Paris had won a victory over stodgy London, which first dared to stage a private performance of Salome in May 1905.—
E.R. Zarevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Assembly-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assembly-line. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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