the factory floor

noun

: the part of a factory among the ordinary workers where products are made
There's talk on the factory floor about a possible strike.

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On the factory floor, one machine might measure productivity by hours running, another might measure by parts produced and another might measure by a different metric altogether. — Marc Kermisch, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Even so, cooling the factory floor is only half the equation. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026 But for workers, the extreme monotony turned the factory floor into a human disaster. — Jason Dressel, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026 Optimus learns humans Tesla plans to use employees at its Gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany, to help train its Optimus humanoid robot by collecting real-world movement data from the factory floor. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for the factory floor

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“The factory floor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20factory%20floor. Accessed 29 Sep. 2026.

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