assembly-line

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Recent Examples of assembly-line But companies are now dealing with much more complex issues that can’t be solved with assembly-line thinking. — Preetpal Singh, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025 Magy showed Axios how the drones are made in a matter of hours, how finished sections snap together by hand and the assembly-line guts of xCell, the company's air-liftable containers. — Colin Demarest, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 The discovery of electrons, aka electricity, was the major driving force of the second industrial revolution, leading to more efficient mass-production techniques in the form of assembly-line production and the rise of the steel, automobile, and telecommunications industries. — Sarwant Singh, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assembly-line
  1. derivative
  2. hackneyed
  3. cookie-cutter
  4. unoriginal
  5. canned
  6. pedestrian
  7. stodgy
Adjective
  • Go further upmarket, however, and Maserati has more choices for you: the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore and its open-top derivative the GranCabrio.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The decrease was primarily due to a loss on the extinguishment of Convertible Notes and changes in the fair value of derivative liabilities.
    — Quartz Intelligence Newsroom, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2025
Definition of derivative
Adjective
  • The movie’s a little more hackneyed and obvious now, but its central idea is still an undeniably creepy one: possessed children with pitchforks.
    — Tim Grierson, Vulture, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Which is a nauseatingly hackneyed and clichéd — not to mention stupefyingly reductive — type of statement to make about any kind of art or entertainment, of course.
    — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of hackneyed
Adjective
  • On the runways two themes emerged: a return to a classical femininity and a call for individuality and the end of cookie-cutter, formula dressing.
    — Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
  • A lot of time and money is invested in ensuring your home makes a first impression that represents the style and personality of those living inside it, and having a duplicate on the street makes the neighborhood feel more cookie-cutter.
    — Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of cookie-cutter
Adjective
  • The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.
    — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Definition of unoriginal
Adjective
  • The beer list includes tap, bottled and canned options.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Tariffs and import troubles, along with cannabis and canned cocktails, probably aren't helping the wine and beer business.
    — Louis Biscotti, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Definition of canned
Adjective
  • Gave up way too much (9-for-15 on third downs, 409 yards) defensively against a fairly pedestrian Seahawks team.
    — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Through his first three games this year, the seven-time All-Star and 2023 league MVP is averaging a thoroughly pedestrian 14.7 points on .324/.154/1.000 shooting splits.
    — Alex Kirschenbaum, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of pedestrian
Adjective
  • The Green Team diversifies, selecting a few slices of stodgy pizza before hitting up the candy aisle for candy corn, Red Hots, and caramel corn.
    — Caroline Framke, Vulture, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Mind you, 60% of the FBS programs and 75% of the stodgy, uptight athletic directors in the Big Ten would probably never agree to it.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 17 Mar. 2025
Definition of stodgy

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“Assembly-line.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assembly-line. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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