elevator
Example Sentences
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The elevator, one of the most defining technologies of the modern city, started with a stunt.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Some are even exploring technology that might one day allow elevator cars to move not only vertically but horizontally, blurring the line between buildings and urban-transportation systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Today, innovation in the elevator industry continues, quietly powering a global business that generates more than $80 billion a year and moves hundreds of millions of passengers through buildings every day.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Introduced widely in the 1900s, counterweights reduced the energy needed to move an elevator—a principle that remains at the heart of most elevator systems.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
With a muffled ding the elevator doors slid open.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
