assembly-line

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Recent Examples of assembly-line This static approach was appropriate for filling factory assembly-line positions with individuals expected to retire between 50 and 65. Jerry Cahn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 As the Wall Street Journal noted this week, since January the Trump administration has put lawfare on an assembly-line basis. Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly-line
Adjective
  • Pending review of the documents, the two groups could file a derivative lawsuit, which allows shareholders to act on behalf of a company and sue the corporation’s own directors and officers, as well as other third parties who may have harmed the company.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Revise Visa Quotas Exclude derivative family members from the annual cap so that more principal investors can qualify—boosting capital injection without exceeding visa limits.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The story revolves around this character in ways that feel hackneyed and forced.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • This is actually better than some of the hackneyed rom-coms Reiner muddled through, a coming-of-age story about two kids’ pseudo-love story from grade school through middle school.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s what dilutes the art and creates cookie-cutter songs where everyone starts sounding like each other.
    Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Despite a committed Viggo Mortensen, playing one of the murderous Sawyer clan, this is the most cookie-cutter of the Chainsaw movies.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In sales, trust is currency, and nothing burns trust faster than sounding unoriginal, lazy or shady.
    Don Markland, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Meta said unoriginal content is when images or videos are reused without crediting the original creator.
    Zach Vallese, CNBC, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Reader Vicki Casey from Huntersville, North Carolina, shared this lovely recipe created by her thrifty mother-in-law that uses the juice leftover from canned pineapple to make a beautiful pie.
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Sabrina Burke, a real estate agent-turned-TV personality and content creator, is going viral for her unusual addition to spaghetti and meat sauce — canned cranberry sauce.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 4 Oct. 2025.

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