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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The yogurt company on Tuesday announced plans to spend at least $1.2 billion opening a million-square-foot factory in Rome, New York.
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Now, a study published in the journal PLOS One reveals how one site in modern-day Israel functioned as an industrial-scale purple dye factory—the only known facility of its kind.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Their executives rake in millions while factory workers struggle to make ends meet.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The needs of the district should be funded by the enormous profits of the capitalist class acquired from the labor of working people in the factories and by farmworkers in the fields.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Now, a study published in the journal PLOS One reveals how one site in modern-day Israel functioned as an industrial-scale purple dye factory—the only known facility of its kind.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025
Their executives rake in millions while factory workers struggle to make ends meet.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Apr. 2025
The needs of the district should be funded by the enormous profits of the capitalist class acquired from the labor of working people in the factories and by farmworkers in the fields.
—Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025
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“Factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/factory. Accessed 29 Apr. 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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