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 If China is the world’s factory, Yiwu is its shopping mall, where every product large or small is on display: from bongs and drones to drill bits and socks. Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Mar. 2025 But last month, the company decided to postpone its new factory in Ohio again, suggesting client demand has yet to materialize. Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025 Mechanical arms work on the production line of electronic products for new-energy vehicles in an intelligent workshop at a factory in the high-tech industrial park on February 6, 2025 in Fengcheng, Jiangxi Province of China. Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2025 Back in August, workers broke ground for a new drone factory in Oryol Oblast, in western Russia 100 miles from the Ukrainian border. David Axe, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for factory
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  • The company works with local tree care services, trucking companies and saw mills as well as companies like Amazon, CBRE, Gensler and Room and Board.
    Diana Olick, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Then teams started buying machine tools, making mills, lathes and grinders, and using 3-D printers to make their owner parts.
    Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Knowing what varieties do well equals a better chance at a healthy plant that produces a bountiful harvest.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Trump’s Nuclear Plant Comments: In a call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Trump suggested that the United States could take control of Ukraine’s nuclear plants.
    Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • The book is a Gold Rush-era romance set in Alaska which tells the story of a woman who falls in love with a gruff shop owner.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
  • She’s partnered with upstart online antique shop Sylvie for their very first celebrity collaboration.
    Nora Taylor, Architectural Digest, 22 Mar. 2025
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  • Tuesday, March 25 Tech workshop: The Poway Chamber of Commerce will host an educational workshop on artificial intelligence and tech dos and don’ts at 8 a.m. Tuesday, March 25 at the Poway Library Community Room, 13137 Poway Road.
    Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The shoot took Christensen all around Paris, including to a sculpting studio space with a glass roof designed by Gustave Eiffel’s workshop.
    Kristen Tauer, WWD, 20 Mar. 2025

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“Factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factory. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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