conveyor
Americannoun
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a person or thing that conveys
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short for conveyor belt
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Origin of conveyor
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Fhimah placed it onto a conveyor belt, introducing the unaccompanied bag into the international baggage system, tagged to be flown to the US.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast system of ocean currents that acts like a planetary conveyor belt.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
At the checkout, another older man asked about the wine I was carefully laying down sideways on the fast-moving conveyor belt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026
Large cracks were on walls, and the airport’s check-in areas and its baggage conveyor belt were covered with bricks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
The high-tech conveyor belt was actually a series of rollers.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Otherwise, the system of conveyors, magnets, optical sorters and pneumatic blocks runs largely unmanned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Phil became what few others in the arts or entertainment remain — conveyors of authentically good news.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
Once the pages are printed, they are trucked to a nearby bindery and fed into a whirring machine of conveyors, choppers and hot glue.
From New York Times ● Jun. 16, 2024
Amazon lowered some conveyors, redesigned ladder railings and added a small platform to help workers access high shelves without awkward reaches.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Shifts might come and go, one lupus-coloured face give place to another; majestically and for ever the conveyors crept forward with their load of future men and women.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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