ASSEMBLY-LINE Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

assembly-line

adjective

Definition of assembly-line

as in derivative

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Recent Examples of assembly-line Lurie’s film opens (in black and white) with Black American soldiers getting involved in a deadly confrontation and shifts to America where a post-war Castle visits the home of a former assembly-line worker (Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor) to talk about her pension. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 24 June 2026 Not just assembly-line jobs but R&D and software — as well as the very brands that defined the economies at risk. — semafor.com, 9 June 2026 The same pattern repeated when assembly-line production expanded in the early 20th century. — Christopher Marquis, Time, 30 May 2026 When, in the early nineteen-hundreds, Gibson developed the F-style flat-back, inspired by the Stradivarius violin, the idea was to produce a louder instrument that could be used for classical as well as folk music, while being assembly-line-friendly. — Tim Parks, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for assembly-line

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Adjective

This summer, McCurdy told a committee of Georgia lawmakers that such derivative products have a high potential for abuse and are causing deaths in his state.

— Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 1 Sep. 2026
The best solution, their letter said, would be to avoid imposing tariffs on semiconductors and derivative products entirely.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of derivative

Adjective

There’s some hackneyed dialogue, much of it borne by Neeson, who despite his prominence in advertising gets sidelined for most of the running time.

— Dennis Harvey, Variety, 10 Sep. 2026
Maybe so, but think of how badly Congress had stated those hackneyed ideas.

— Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 4 May 2026

Definition of hackneyed

Adjective

So there’s no cookie-cutter, national model for how to run a campaign and particularly in a cycle like this midterm cycle.

— NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
After founding Jala in Florida five years ago, swearing it would not be a cookie-cutter Indian restaurant, Maax has decided to open a location in the KC metro.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of cookie-cutter

Adjective

Summary Leaders are increasingly sounding generic, often using similar buzzwords, a trend exacerbated by AI's ability to generate competent but unoriginal communication.

— Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
No moral panic is more unoriginal than the fear that contemporary men are no longer as manly as the heroes who preceded them.

— Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026

Definition of unoriginal

Adjective

In addition to its badging, the 53 looks noticeably more focused than its more pedestrian CLA Class siblings.

— Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
Patrick Mahomes has not quite looked himself, the wide receivers have been inconsistent, and the running game has been pedestrian, at best.

— Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Dec. 2025

Definition of pedestrian

Adjective

Seabourn is reinventing itself and shedding any stodgy atmosphere in favor of a younger, more active experience.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2026
The cuisine was also noteworthy, a generous choice of cocktails, wines, and cuisine with hints of contemporary English inspiration, while avoiding being British stodgy.

— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of stodgy

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