conveyor

Example Sentences

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The worker uncurls its claw-like fingers, daintily grips the basket by its edges and walks it over to a conveyor that will send it through an industrial washing machine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

This system powers a molecular conveyor belt that moves along the surface of the cell.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Hundreds of discarded batteries rattle along a conveyor belt into a crusher in a remote plant in northern India, fuelling a multi-billion-dollar industry that is bolstering the country's geopolitical ambitions.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

Fhimah was said to have placed it onto a conveyor belt, introducing the unaccompanied bag into the international baggage system, tagged to be flown to the US.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

It clicked and whirred along a conveyor belt, got hooked on a rope, and ascended through a slot in the roof.

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan