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assembly line

NOUN
manufacturing system
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The cost of robots has fallen while it remains expensive to redesign the assembly line.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Though his assembly line lay four years in the future, Ford’s genius for engineering was already apparent.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In her vision, Warhol’s Factory is a literal assembly line, where actors and artists come to be molded and assembled into products, only to be cast out when they’re deemed defective.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

That is the idea behind Ford’s plan to upend Ford’s manufacturing system and replace it with a new type of assembly line slated to begin turning out affordable EVs by next year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Lourdes works on a cleaning crew, then on a factory assembly line.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario




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