as in mills
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 factories
Faisal Samad, a director at the BGMEA, previously told Sourcing Journal that the association was working on a portal where its member manufacturers and exporters could input the names of factories that have suffered losses.
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Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Sportswear brands, which source everything from tracksuits to sneakers from factories in Asia, are shifting their supply chains and raising prices to manage the impact of higher US tariffs.
—Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Robotics and autonomy were leaving laboratories for factories and highways.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
People working in scam factories in Delhi or Kolkata or Phnom Penh can’t easily relate to their victims in Texas or Melbourne or Edinburgh.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Any hostilities would no doubt lead many Chinese and American factories to splutter and die.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Potential uses range from surgical and drug-delivery robots to flexible machines that can assist humans in factories.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
The fact that the Chinese government has a national mandate to expand nuclear power means that companies can confidently invest in domestic factories and a dedicated engineering work force.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
Brown and other executives review business lines and factories regularly to increase efficiency.
—Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
Sportswear brands, which source everything from tracksuits to sneakers from factories in Asia, are shifting their supply chains and raising prices to manage the impact of higher US tariffs.
—Reuters 19 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
Robotics and autonomy were leaving laboratories for factories and highways.
—Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
People working in scam factories in Delhi or Kolkata or Phnom Penh can’t easily relate to their victims in Texas or Melbourne or Edinburgh.
—Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025
Any hostilities would no doubt lead many Chinese and American factories to splutter and die.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Potential uses range from surgical and drug-delivery robots to flexible machines that can assist humans in factories.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
The fact that the Chinese government has a national mandate to expand nuclear power means that companies can confidently invest in domestic factories and a dedicated engineering work force.
—Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
Brown and other executives review business lines and factories regularly to increase efficiency.
—Bloomberg, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for factories
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The Cadillac that helped drive Rolls-Royce to build beefier mills is up for grabs.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
28 Oct. 2025
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While its not uncommon for companies to establish new garment factories, new mills are more challenging.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
28 Oct. 2025
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Aligning with the global trend To help speed up deployment and reduce upfront capital risk for its customers, Honeywell offers the Biocrude Upgrading technology as prefabricated modular plants.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Oct. 2025
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In general, larger bulbs produce larger plants and fetch a premium price.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Oct. 2025
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The two chocolate shops that finished above Christopher Elbow Chocolates are JinJu Patisserie in Portland, Oregon, and Manoa Chocolate Hawaii in Kailua.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
31 Oct. 2025
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In the Repicturing Rural playbook, Getty Images and Land O’Lakes recommend that depictions of work in rural areas expand beyond agriculture and into environments like offices, shops, community spaces and the home.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Factories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factories. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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