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 Trump won the state in last year’s election by promising to increase factory jobs. Josh Boak and Alexa St. John, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025 The parts had been expected to incur a 25% tariff, which would have boosted the prices of many cars assembled in American factories. Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025 The yogurt company on Tuesday announced plans to spend at least $1.2 billion opening a million-square-foot factory in Rome, New York. Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025 Now, a study published in the journal PLOS One reveals how one site in modern-day Israel functioned as an industrial-scale purple dye factory—the only known facility of its kind. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for factory
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Noun
  • By 2030, the mill could provide $6 million in annual revenue, 16 full-time jobs for administration and mill employees and opportunities for at least 100 farmers in the region, perhaps even as far north as Canada.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 May 2025
  • Then, lock the tool into a vise or hold it still with a clamp and move a mill file along the edge of the blade to sharpen.
    Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Rural coal plants power most facilities, clashing with green goals.
    Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Low end reflects tariffs reverting to country specific levels resulting in plant closures.
    Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Related Articles Combo of homes, offices, shops in could sprout near downtown San Jose Jill Schlesinger, CFP, is a CBS News business analyst.
    Jill Schlesinger, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025
  • The wide hallways and soaring ceilings retain a touch of the industrial past, while the rotating exhibitions and permanent shops showcase the city’s artistic present.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
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  • For the third consecutive year, the workshop maintained its partnership with the Morelia Film Festival, hosting a Mexican filmmaker among the participants.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
  • For more information about the workshop, participants can check the Eventbrite link at https://bit.ly/42UM5lw.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 22 Apr. 2025

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“Factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factory. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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