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Recent Examples of assembly-line
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.
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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
In an age of assembly-line, middle-class comedians who try to squeeze humor out of Quaaludes, Pac-Man, and the reigning TV commercials of the day, Eddie Murphy is an original, razor-sharp fast mouth.
—Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
The Tribune found signatures like Gossen’s are routinely tossed in a largely behind-the-scenes process where elections workers make snap decisions in assembly-line fashion using questionable methods.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
Plants are still easiest, as they are typically pressed flat onto paper sheets and can be photographed assembly-line style on a conveyor belt, with their labels visible.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
Finally, Bryant says that manufacturing and assembly-line devices can be particularly revealing and can also be found on secondhand markets—especially platforms in China, since so many electronics are assembled in the country.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2024
Volunteers worked quickly to bag the different fruits and vegetables, sorting through crates full of potatoes and packages of tortillas in an assembly-line to bag large totes of food, which would get handed out within a few minutes of being filled.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
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
In an age of assembly-line, middle-class comedians who try to squeeze humor out of Quaaludes, Pac-Man, and the reigning TV commercials of the day, Eddie Murphy is an original, razor-sharp fast mouth.
—Chet Flippo, Vulture, 3 July 2024
The Tribune found signatures like Gossen’s are routinely tossed in a largely behind-the-scenes process where elections workers make snap decisions in assembly-line fashion using questionable methods.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2024
Plants are still easiest, as they are typically pressed flat onto paper sheets and can be photographed assembly-line style on a conveyor belt, with their labels visible.
—Byelizabeth Pennisi, science.org, 2 Apr. 2024
Finally, Bryant says that manufacturing and assembly-line devices can be particularly revealing and can also be found on secondhand markets—especially platforms in China, since so many electronics are assembled in the country.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2024
Volunteers worked quickly to bag the different fruits and vegetables, sorting through crates full of potatoes and packages of tortillas in an assembly-line to bag large totes of food, which would get handed out within a few minutes of being filled.
—Elise Fisher, Sacramento Bee, 8 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly-line
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Though the series hails from fellow ER grad R. Scott Gemmill, and counts Wyle and John Wells as executive producers, The Pitt does not feel derivative.Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 3 Jan. 2025
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That includes any outputs that include partial or complete song lyrics, as well as any derivative works that the chatbot may produce mimicking the lyrical style of famous artists.Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 3 Jan. 2025
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But the hackneyed drama hasn’t mustered much enthusiasm from critics or moviegoers, and was unsurprisingly overlooked in the Globes’ best drama category.Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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Revelations that are supposed to be moving and heartfelt feel hackneyed and clichéd, and it’s not helped by Shyamalan’s amateurish performance.Will Leitch, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2024
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But a bunch of cookie-cutter down-ballot Cy Young type seasons shape up as his likely FLOOR over the life of this contract.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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Conservative ideologues bemoaned the inclusion of characters who did not fit the cookie-cutter image of a white, cis, hetero man.Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2024
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Dell may be making its laptop names boring and unoriginal, but the new Dell Pro 14 Premium is keeping things exciting with the addition of a punchy tandem OLED display.Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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For the rest of us, though, the main lesson of Mufasa is a far less generative one: Even the most talented director can’t make someone else’s unoriginal idea shine.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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The trends to watch in 2025 are two-fold, the survey found: Adapting to younger, health-conscious consumers and a changing marketplace that favors seltzers and canned cocktails.John Frank, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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Fresh, frozen, and canned carrots provide valuable nutrients.Adrienne Dellwo, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2024
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Android 15’s second beta release has other notable additions today that didn’t make it to the relatively pedestrian first release.Umar Shakir, The Verge, 15 May 2024
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Yet New England's 14-2 record and a defense that allowed the league's fewest points were not necessarily indicative of true dominance, as the team displayed a pattern of frequently doing just enough to win, the average margin of victory a fairly pedestrian 10.3 points.Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
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Their naïveté mixed with Schrader’s stodgy solemnity is a buzzkill.Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
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In that sense, the current Egyptian regime bears more resemblance to the stodgy authoritarianism of southern Europe and Latin America in the mid–twentieth century than to the ebullient nationalism of the Nasser era.Nathan J. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2016
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“Assembly-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assembly-line. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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