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manufactory

noun

ˌman-yə-ˈfak-t(ə-)rē

Definition of manufactory

as in factory

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods recent years have seen a tremendous growth in manufactories all along the river

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Recent Examples of manufactory British spectacle maker Cubitts has opened The Yard, its new headquarters and optical manufactory in King’s Cross, London. — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 The 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

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Half a century later, Andy Warhol’s factory flipped this theory on its head.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
Defensive backs coach Dino Vasso deserves a significant mention here, too — the Texans have become a talent factory at every position in their secondary under Vasso, who could get even more coordinator interest this spring.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026

Definition of factory

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American flags line the downtown drag of this old mill town on Maine’s southern coast, just half an hour from Portland.

— Carine Hajjar, Washington Post, 21 July 2026
During the olive harvest, from late October to mid-November, guests can help pick olives, collect them from the ground, mill them and follow the olive oil production process from start to finish.

— Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

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Members of the Purple City Genetics team teach passersby about the science and art of breeding marijuana, while providing advice to budding home growers and selling plant starts.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 19 July 2026
Major companies that have strong confidence in Morocco and its industrial upgrading include Stellantis, which is investing more than $1 billion to expand its automotive plant, while Gotion High-Tech is building an electric battery gigafactory.

— Panorama Media Ltd, Miami Herald, 19 July 2026

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