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Recent Examples of assembly-line
Having babies didn’t just ensure the future of humanity in a practical, assembly-line kind of way.
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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
Unlike many popular artists, she was never classically trained or in any other bands, nor was she plucked from obscurity to perform assembly-line creations.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
For instance, consider an assembly-line worker who spends weekends raising millions of dollars to build schools in other countries to educate children.
—Jerry Cahn, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
This position has primarily been driven by a technology-first, assembly-line approach to mortgage processing.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 May 2025
In the 1970s and 1980s, Orange County was home to assembly-line jobs in the computer, electronics and defense industries that required few language or technical skills.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
In recent decades, economic globalization led to catastrophic layoffs of everyone from furniture makers in North Carolina to auto assembly-line workers in the Midwest as firms sent work overseas, especially to China.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
But companies are now dealing with much more complex issues that can’t be solved with assembly-line thinking.
—Preetpal Singh, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
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
Unlike many popular artists, she was never classically trained or in any other bands, nor was she plucked from obscurity to perform assembly-line creations.
—Holden Seidlitz, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2025
For instance, consider an assembly-line worker who spends weekends raising millions of dollars to build schools in other countries to educate children.
—Jerry Cahn, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
This position has primarily been driven by a technology-first, assembly-line approach to mortgage processing.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 May 2025
In the 1970s and 1980s, Orange County was home to assembly-line jobs in the computer, electronics and defense industries that required few language or technical skills.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
In recent decades, economic globalization led to catastrophic layoffs of everyone from furniture makers in North Carolina to auto assembly-line workers in the Midwest as firms sent work overseas, especially to China.
—Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 Apr. 2025
But companies are now dealing with much more complex issues that can’t be solved with assembly-line thinking.
—Preetpal Singh, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly-line
Adjective
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Unlike the Air Force’s F-47, which uses an advanced adaptive-cycle engine for extended range, the F/A-XX will use a derivative powerplant.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Sep. 2025
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Eugenics plays prominently in the rhetoric being generated and is derivative of a legacy that good medicine and science should continue to shun.—
Mikelle Street,
Them.,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Similarly, the billionaire-villain forgery subplot and the insertion of romance into team dynamics came across as forced, hackneyed and unnecessary.—
Karl Moore,
Forbes.com,
3 July 2025
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Writer-director James Agnew’s hackneyed action-thriller is woefully short on action and thrills, and generic enough to suggest it was scripted by AI.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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There’s nothing cookie-cutter about them.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Sep. 2025
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If general relativity is correct, those jiggles have a cookie-cutter form that depends only on each hole’s mass and spin.—
Matt von Hippel,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Which brings us back to the outcry mentioned up top, and the rather unoriginal mention of the old as economics truth that there’s no free lunch.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
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Meta said unoriginal content is when images or videos are reused without crediting the original creator.—
Zach Vallese,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
Adjective
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Some canned sardines are high in salt, and eating too much could mean excess sodium, Hadley says.—
Erica Sweeney,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Pre-shredded or canned cheese have anti-caking agents, which can cause clumping in the sauce.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Arsenal were distinctly pedestrian in their 1-0 win against Manchester United in their Premier League opener on Sunday, with new signing Viktor Gyokeres still looking out of sync with the rest of team after his $86m move from Sporting Club.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The unusual start time—one that was especially onerous to viewers on the West Coast—limited Woods’ live deliveries to a rather pedestrian 10.8 million viewers.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Many of the stodgier unwritten rules are ignored or no longer enforced, but some things remain constant, especially in the stands.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
23 Aug. 2025
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Peter Pan is the avatar of eternal childhood, refusal to become a stodgy old pirate.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Assembly-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assembly-line. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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