production line

noun

: line sense 6j

Examples of production line in a Sentence

He works on the production line at the local factory.
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The machine was made in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and China Railway Group said it was recently rolled off the production line on Sunday. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026 But digital twins and AI vision systems achieve near 100 percent defect detection by processing high-resolution video streams directly on the production line. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 And Repkon said the Army and General Dynamics could not inspect full artillery production lines in action, citing customer privacy. — ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026 Now the headphones are coming off the production line with final tuning, app integration and feature implementation all in place. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for production line

Word History

First Known Use

1905, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of production line was in 1905

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“Production line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/production%20line. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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