How to Use factory in a Sentence

factory

noun
  • She got a job in the factory.
  • But those factories and mines will take years to come on line.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 3 May 2024
  • The factory in West Reading has been there since the early 1960s.
    CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The Polestar 2 is made in a Volvo Cars factory in China.
    wsj.com, 15 May 2023
  • As the film opens, the local steel factory is shutting down.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The film follows a lovelorn factory worker looking for romance in all the wrong the places.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Your fast facts: This store is in a factory building dating back to 1919.
    Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Amherst plans to invest more than $12 million in the factory.
    Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • Each group has different aims for the future of the factory.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 7 May 2024
  • Carl Philip and Sofia were all smiles at their first stop, a Volvo factory in Arvika.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Only a scant bit of greenery around the factory remains amongst the sea of panels.
    Jamie Lang, Variety, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The children then request to leave the tour early, only to learn that Charlie has planned to pass the factory onto them.
    EW.com, 10 Apr. 2024
  • In a small upper window of the candy making factory in the walk-through playhouse.
    Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 June 2024
  • Hyundai As for the factory line, that doesn't really exist here.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Get factory-direct prices on top RV brands and see the latest floorplans on a fifth wheel with a large kitchen or a compact camper van.
    Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The tree factory is also the home of Ernie the Elf, Keebler’s commercial mascot.
    Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • That’s enough business to open a new factory in New Mexico and hire as many as 250 new workers.
    Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • As the machinists return to factories this week, Boeing said a full restart will take weeks.
    Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 13 Nov. 2024
  • On the surface, working for a place like Sama seemed like a huge step up for young people from the slums, many of whom had family roots in factory work.
    Seyward Darby, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2024
  • In the coming centuries, whole lunar cities could spring up, filled with factories, farms, and even hotels.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Ford announced last month that a site in Michigan was selected for the factory.
    By Madison Hirneisen | The Center Square , Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The lasers used are factory-size affairs that require enormous power to do their work.
    Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Tesla has four factories up and running around the world and is due to open another, in Mexico, in 2025.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Boeing factory workers are starting off the work week on strike.
    Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 16 Sep. 2024
  • But the contrast is especially stark now, when the public’s gloom is so widespread, from the wealthy elite to factory workers.
    Vivian Wang, New York Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • About one-third of factories in China shut down during the pandemic.
    Geoffrey Joyce, The Conversation, 20 July 2023
  • That order, from a new factory in Springfield, has been mired in safety issues and delays.
    Taylor Dolven, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Dec. 2022
  • In 2025, the company plans to open a new factory in Richmond to supply the Americas.
    David J. Lynch, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
  • At the company’s factory, basic forms were mass produced through molds.
    Scarlet Cheng, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
  • His wife, Clara, and their children barely survived on the pittance of aid provided to those who signed up for public assistance, while Elijah fruitlessly begged at factory doors for any kind of job.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024

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