fastener
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In Tesla’s labs, the nearly 6-foot-tall machine practices rote tasks like sorting Legos by color, folding laundry and using a drill to screw a fastener, former employees said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 3, 2026
Fastenal, the fastener maker, reported third-quarter earnings of 29 cents a share, missing analysts’ estimates of 30 cents, as revenue of $2.13 billion match expectations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
Jonathan Needham, from Hucknall in Nottinghamshire, found the 3,000-year-old gold dress or cloak fastener at Ellastone, near Ashbourne.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2024
For example, it could be a matter of tightening the existing fasteners better, or it might require a different type of fastener.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
“Everything has more than one use in this world,” she always says about even the smallest fastener or elastic band.
From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina
Purveyors of bearings, fasteners, pneumatics and other manufacturing staples should see demand outpace their capacity to easily meet it, potentially leading to bottlenecks similar to what investors are seeing with memory chips.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Aerospace and defense—where Carpenter’s alloys are used for landing gear, fasteners, and other components—comprises two-thirds of revenue.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Ditto for a man named John Thompson, whose invention helped keep fumbled fasteners from falling on the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Small amounts of iron from parts such as rivets and other fasteners mix into the recycled metal.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 10, 2026
I prayed that none of the fasteners we’d shaken loose had secured anything crucial.
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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