as·sem·bly-line
ə-ˈsem-blē-ˌlīn 
: made by or as if by an assembly line
especially
: lacking originality or creativity
bored by the novel's assembly-line plot
1
: an arrangement of machines, equipment, and workers in which work passes from operation to operation in direct line until the product is assembled
2
: a process for turning out a finished product in a mechanically efficient manner
academic assembly lines
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Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
However, CalMatters reported that modular apartment buildings are manufactured in assembly-line fashion at a factory in Vallejo.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
An electric version arrived in 2007, and the very last one rolled off the assembly line in 2024.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Having babies didn’t just ensure the future of humanity in a practical, assembly-line kind of way.
—Elissa Strauss, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
However, CalMatters reported that modular apartment buildings are manufactured in assembly-line fashion at a factory in Vallejo.
—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
Noun
The brainy humanoid also mastered sorting packages on assembly lines in June.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
An electric version arrived in 2007, and the very last one rolled off the assembly line in 2024.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for assembly-line
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“Assembly-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assembly-line. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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