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conveyor

[kuhn-vay-er] / kənˈveɪ ər /
NOUN
assembly line
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NOUN
elevator
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In late 2022, the company unveiled a smaller-format restaurant outside Fort Worth, Texas, designed around customers ordering ahead through an app and collecting their food from a conveyor system.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026

Take the labor market — traditionally a chief conveyor of high inflation.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

“It’s a conveyor belt of material,” said “Jeopardy!” executive producer Michael Davies, citing the 25,000-plus clues that aired across the franchise last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

I, too, couldn’t shake the thought of a meat factory and almost instantly, realized I wanted off the conveyor belt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Ramon spoke in the self-important tone of one who likes being a conveyor of news.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

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

Amazon lowered some conveyors, redesigned ladder railings and added a small platform to help workers access high shelves without awkward reaches.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023

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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