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
The elevator, one of the most defining technologies of the modern city, started with a stunt.
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
“There’s a lot more that’s going to come,” says Neil Green, chief digital officer of Otis Worldwide, the Connecticut-based company founded by Elisha Otis and now one of the largest elevator manufacturers.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026
An hour later I’d hauled the last box out of Green’s room and up the three flights of stairs since the elevator was conveniently getting repairs.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
