mass-produce
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Etymology
Origin of mass-produce
First recorded in 1920–25
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In 1942, he would do the same for “Wake Island” in the midst of World War II. His work was later etched into metal plates and used to mass-produce publicity prints.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
As for robots, Tesla recently stopped selling the Model S and Model X vehicles to convert the Fremont, California, manufacturing capacity into a facility to mass-produce robots.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
Musk says he slogged through “production hell” in 2017 and nearly ran out of money as Tesla struggled to mass-produce its new Model 3 sedan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
What if the United States could mass-produce its way out of a housing crisis?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 14, 2026
We live in societies that mass-produce facts: packages are marked with weights, road signs tell you distances and, in some countries, the populations of the towns you are passing through.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
But the rise of cheaper mass-produced sets threatens the intricate craft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
The start-up hopes its first mass-produced models will arrive by the end of this year.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
“Mine,” in this sense, doesn’t simply allude to something Corvette will steal; she’s referring to all the invisible things that comprise a mass-produced product — the labor and energy and time.
From Salon ● May 22, 2026
A little over 20 years ago, on March 14, 2006, the last mass-produced VHS tape hit video stores: David Cronenberg’s crime thriller “A History of Violence.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
Eventually an experiment can be reliably mass-produced by manufacturing special equipment designed to obtain precisely that result—the equipment and the results are interdependent.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Engineers would question the feasibility of mass-producing such a design.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
It turned out that mass-producing instant coffee gave the company little insight into how to run an artisanal coffee shop.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
And across the country, organizers like Bridges are mass-producing them for cheap at home.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2026
Chef Busato acknowledges that it isn't practical to seek artisanal standards if you're mass-producing baked goods, and so big players will have to rely on frozen dough.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
They also knew that, before mass-producing any cells, they’d need to find a new way to ship them.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
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