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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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
Even the shape of the BuzzBallz make it harder to be recycled because they can roll on the conveyor belts at the sorting facilities, said Herriott.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
That jet stream acts as a giant conveyor belt, bringing storms and rain to the Southern U.S. — but that El Niño conveyor belt doesn’t typically reach northern states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
The increased speeds of conveyor belts in meatpacking plants, Mr. Smil notes, make those jobs among the most perilous in existence as measured by worker injuries.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
Ramon spoke in the self-important tone of one who likes being a conveyor of news.
From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry
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
The investment will be used to support new conveyors, tooling and equipment in the body and general assembly areas of the plant that manufactures GM's Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 trucks.
From Reuters ● Jun. 12, 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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