as in mill
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs

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Recent Examples of factory The West Chelsea building, which originally housed a Nabisco factory, is now home to Crane Club, a collaboration between the chef Melissa Rodriguez and Tao Group Hospitality. Tori Latham, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024 At the time, Franklin observed, Detroit was filled with people like his parents: white workers from Kentucky and Tennessee drawn to jobs in the car factories. Neda Ulaby, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024 Uncaged Innovations is scaled up for full roll-to-roll production of Elevate through a partner factory in New York that can produce more than a million square meters of material a year, and has two additional factories lined up to increase capacity. Rhonda Richford, WWD, 20 Nov. 2024 As the machinists return to factories this week, Boeing said a full restart will take weeks. Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for factory 
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Noun
  • An homage to the island’s artisanal olive oil industry, events like gourmet workshops (think local chefs and mixologists playing with regional flavors) and olive oil tastings are reanimating the island’s ancient underground mills.
    Sarah Khan, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2024
  • This mill—which is the larger of two available in 1973—made 240 hp fresh from the factory.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
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  • The decrease is attributed to a change in the mix of plants running in 2024.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Incidentally, this resistance to the pain-producing qualities of capsaicin is key to the fertilization of spicy plants, according to Javed.
    Amiah Taylor, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • With more states legalizing marijuana and cannabis shops ubiquitous, marijuana use is rising.
    Dr. Jerrold B. Leikin, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Being able to pick up shop and move closer to the craziness can be effective.
    Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2024
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  • Workers producing pure electric vehicles at a Volkswagen (Anhui) workshop in Hefei, China, on Sept. 25, 2024.
    Anniek Bao, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Strengthen communication through facilitated training sessions, workshops and team coaching.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024

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“Factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factory. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.

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