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conveyor

[kuhn-vey-er] / kənˈveɪ ər /
NOUN
assembly line
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NOUN
elevator
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Large cracks were on walls, and the airport’s check-in areas and its baggage conveyor belt were covered with bricks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

“Until you have stronger economic growth and are less constrained by debt, it’s highly likely the conveyor belt of PMs will continue.”

From MarketWatch Jun. 22, 2026

Each is programmed to identify specific materials as they make their way through the conveyor lines.

From Barron's Jun. 17, 2026

Like Rangnick, Kleitsch had been an instrumental figure in the shift to zonal marking, and he was also credited with making Stuttgart into a conveyor belt of world-class youth talent.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

I watched luggage roll past on a conveyor belt behind her.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin

Murphy Road Recycling’s material recovery facility in Berlin, Conn., uses a largely unmanned system of conveyors, magnets, optical sorters and pneumatic blocks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

Phil became what few others in the arts or entertainment remain — conveyors of authentically good news.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 24, 2025

Once the pages are printed, they are trucked to a nearby bindery and fed into a whirring machine of conveyors, choppers and hot glue.

From New York Times Jun. 16, 2024

“The biggest challenges were getting it all up and running, literally within a few days to build the conveyors, establish the technological chains, the processes,” Shtipelman said.

From Reuters May 16, 2022

Or, as one packinghouse manager explained, “If you need to turn out a little more, you speed up the conveyors a little and the men speed up to keep pace.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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