elevator
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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
Barnum to design an elevator demonstration for the 1853-54 World’s Fair in New York.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Looking toward the future, some elevator companies are integrating their systems with autonomous robots that will bring room service to hotel guests, medications to hospital floors or documents across sprawling office towers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
Then she stood and walked back across the control room and into the elevator.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
