Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of manufactoryThe timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland.—Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples.—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 For guests interested in Vienna’s living craft legacy, the hotel can arrange visits to artisans and ateliers around the city, including Bösendorfer pianos and Augarten, a 300-year-old porcelain manufactory.—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 These startlingly realistic vessels and objects sculpted or painted (or both) to mimic flora and fauna are seemingly everywhere, whether in the form of vintage pieces, those from traditional manufactories or collections created by a new wave of young makers.—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023 The designer clothing website Matches now offers a garden’s worth of veggie earthenware from the 139-year-old Portuguese ceramics manufactory Bordallo Pinheiro, including plates that look like ragwort leaves, each affixed with a high relief ladybug.—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023 Handcrafted at Porsche’s watch manufactory in Switzerland, the Chronograph 718 Spyder RS has a sleek, aerodynamic design and precise technical details inspired by its Boxster twin.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023 The gold-and-porcelain Champagne bowls gleaming within were designed by Augarten Wein, Europe's second-oldest porcelain manufactory known for their work on Marie Antoinette’s engagement service.—Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 6 July 2022 This has been proven through 24 days of comprehensive testing in the Saxon manufactory.—Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 9 Nov. 2021
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
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.
But, where other prisoners who made the same decision were sent to work on farms and in paper mills, he was sent to the People’s University in Beijing.
—
Nikhil Krishnan,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
The Lumberyard District is the site of a former lumber mill, and historic themes will play out in its two-phase redevelopment.
—
James Wilkins,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 Mar. 2025
Flowering in nearly every color of the rainbow, the vibrant and often bi-color blooms are self-cleaning, so there is no need to deadhead plants to keep them blooming.
—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
Pruning in this manner encourages marigold plants to branch out and produce bushier growth and more blooms.
—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
Share