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Recent Examples of assembly-line
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.
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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
Historically, the condition is considered the result of monotonous, repetitive tasks like assembly-line jobs or positions in which employees feel undervalued or unrecognized for their work or that lack meaning, purpose and interest.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 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
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
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
Historically, the condition is considered the result of monotonous, repetitive tasks like assembly-line jobs or positions in which employees feel undervalued or unrecognized for their work or that lack meaning, purpose and interest.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 3 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly-line
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By comparison, when Tesla was incorporated in Delaware, a shareholder who held just nine shares of Tesla stock was the plaintiff in a shareholder derivative suit that resulted in a judge ordering CEO Elon Musk’s 2018 CEO compensation package to be rescinded, Lipton noted.—
Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
16 May 2025
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Financial markets throbbed with a panoply of new financial institutions — hedge funds — trading new financial instruments — derivative securities — the values of which were tied to still other financial instruments like home mortgages.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
11 May 2025
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Yet these hackneyed qualities are minor aspects of a production that otherwise can be eye-opening and newly invigorating.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
29 Apr. 2025
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Its baleful guitar and hackneyed vocals make the average doubts shared by everyone who has ever been in love seem generic.—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
25 Apr. 2025
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Everyone grows tired of cookie-cutter LinkedIn accounts sounding identical.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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In an era of cookie-cutter experiences and Instagram-ready setups that could exist anywhere, Collymore has created a true paradise that captures and celebrates the authentic spirit of the island.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
12 Apr. 2025
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These stories are shockingly unoriginal, both in the real world and in films and television.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Using Trite Business Jargon Nothing screams unoriginal like a LinkedIn profile filled with corporate buzzwords.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Ingredient lists tell you a lot about when a recipe was popular, and pear salad might have had its peak mid-20th century, when canned fruit dominated the supermarket shelves.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
9 May 2025
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Many recession-friendly foods—like canned soups, simple pastas, frozen pizza, and basic baked goods—evoke childhood memories of simpler times.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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Hurts and the Eagles passing attack has been pedestrian since his return from a concussion.—
Jeff Howe,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Gave up way too much (9-for-15 on third downs, 409 yards) defensively against a fairly pedestrian Seahawks team.—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
9 Dec. 2024
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This week’s decision behind closed doors by the PLO’s aging leadership is likely to reinforce its image as stodgy and remote.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
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Distribution with Regal is indicative of Leitner-Waldman’s theory that wine drinkers are eschewing the more stodgy and outdated way that they were presented wines—the white tablecloth fine dining experience—and instead seeking to sip on wine during more active occasions.—
John Kell,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Assembly-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assembly-line. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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