elevator
Example Sentences
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Over the next 175 years, the elevator drove the rise of the skyscraper, concentrating jobs and capital in dense urban cores, and reshaping how millions of people lived and worked.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Steel cables limit how far one elevator can safely travel, forcing riders to transfer between elevator banks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Among other things, elevator companies are integrating their systems with autonomous robots that will ride elevators and navigate buildings.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Kone is installing an elevator system for that tower that relies on carbon-fiber composite technology far lighter than steel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
She jabbed at the call button for the elevator.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
