factory
noun
fac·to·ry
ˈfak-t(ə-)rē 
plural factories
1
: a station where factors reside and trade
a colonial factory
2
a
: a building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing
b
: the seat of some kind of production
the vice factories of the slums
Examples of factory in a Sentence
She got a job in the factory.
the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs
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Production of the angular, unpainted steel pickups has reportedly slowed in recent weeks at Tesla’s factory in Austin, Texas.
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Polestar was laser-focused on the US market with the Polestar 3, a three-row SUV manufactured at its factory in South Carolina in order to qualify for generous incentives under the Biden administration.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
The deals amount to one of the biggest commitments ever made by the department’s Loan Programs Office, which under President Biden has already doled out tens of billions of dollars for battery factories and other low-carbon energy projects.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The initial idea was to find applications for artificial intelligence and quantum technologies developed within Google’s moonshot factory.
—Dario D’elia, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
Polestar was laser-focused on the US market with the Polestar 3, a three-row SUV manufactured at its factory in South Carolina in order to qualify for generous incentives under the Biden administration.
—Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Jan. 2025
The deals amount to one of the biggest commitments ever made by the department’s Loan Programs Office, which under President Biden has already doled out tens of billions of dollars for battery factories and other low-carbon energy projects.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The initial idea was to find applications for artificial intelligence and quantum technologies developed within Google’s moonshot factory.
—Dario D’elia, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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factory
noun
fac·to·ry
ˈfak-t(ə-)rē
plural factories
: a building or set of buildings equipped for manufacturing
Etymology
from early French factorie "a place where business is carried on," derived from Latin factor "one that does or makes," from factus, past participle of facere "to make, do" — related to fashion, manufacture
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