forklift
noun
fork·lift
ˈfȯrk-ˌlift 
: a self-propelled machine for hoisting and transporting heavy objects by means of steel fingers inserted under the load
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The California plant processes up to 35 truckloads of lemons daily, using driverless forklifts and robotic arms to handle unloading, sorting, squeezing, and packaging.
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025
The purchase of a Hyundai forklift for $50,000, plus fees.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
The cabs are not hoisted on cables but cantilevered off the building’s façade, as if being lifted and lowered by a forklift.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Plug Power, which makes fuel cells and electrolyzers that generate carbon-free hydrogen from water and electricity, got a $1.66 billion loan guarantee from the Energy Department to construct large-scale hydrogen plants aimed at supplying industrial customers and to power non-polluting forklifts.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 9 Jan. 2025
The purchase of a Hyundai forklift for $50,000, plus fees.
—Alex Golden, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
The cabs are not hoisted on cables but cantilevered off the building’s façade, as if being lifted and lowered by a forklift.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Plug Power, which makes fuel cells and electrolyzers that generate carbon-free hydrogen from water and electricity, got a $1.66 billion loan guarantee from the Energy Department to construct large-scale hydrogen plants aimed at supplying industrial customers and to power non-polluting forklifts.
—Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Forklift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forklift. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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forklift
noun
fork·lift
ˈfȯr-ˌklift
: a machine for lifting heavy objects by means of steel fingers inserted under the load
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