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Recent Examples of manufactory
The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactory
Noun
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Pumpkin puree that has been commercially canned is, of course, safe because the factory process allows for much higher temperatures to be reached.—
Laura Simpson,
Oc Register,
8 Nov. 2025
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This move highlights vulnerabilities in the technology supply chain, affecting automakers like Honda, which halted production at a Mexican factory.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Drawn by its booming steel mills and factories, Black Americans were moving to industrial Pittsburgh in record numbers at the start of the 20th century.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Mud Jeans sources used jeans from its take-back program and partners with recyclers and mills to spin them into fabric—here, it’s blended with Tencel lyocell fibers for comfort and strength.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Stationary engineer and boiler operator These workers maintain heating, air conditioning and power systems in big buildings and plants.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
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Asking your local nursery to procure plants that haven’t been sprayed with pesticides, which can harm monarchs in every stage of life, is another actionable step.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
9 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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