Thesaurus results for FACTORIES

factories

noun

plural of factory

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 In his July memo, Blume said the company is considering axing a further 50,000 roles globally and closing four factories in Germany. — Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 Drawing on the testimonies of 255 workers across eight factories in Pakistan, the report portrays an industry beset by pervasive unlawful wages, excessive working hours, harassment, bullying, surveillance and intimidation. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 Most of the credit for that belongs to the intricate clockwork of drone factories, start-ups, software developers, training academies, and military innovators that help keep the Ukrainian war machine running. — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026 What Willy Wonka was to chocolate factories, Mayrlife is to medical treatments. — Jamie Timson, TheWeek, 24 July 2026 Rate hikes combat inflation by raising the cost of credit for buying things, from new houses to new factories. — ABC News, 23 July 2026 Instead of shipping parts from centralized factories, operators can manufacture large, high-performance components closer to where they are needed while meeting aerospace quality requirements. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 July 2026 Honeywell Technologies creates hardware and software that automate the complex operations in buildings, factories, and supply chains. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 23 July 2026 In January, Tesla announced the third generation of its Optimus humanoid robot with a goal to eventually produce 10 million units per year at factories in Fremont and Texas. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026

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Noun

Waves of immigrants from French Canada, Ireland and Albania arrived in Biddeford to work in lumber mills and massive red-brick textile factories – now with new occupants – that line the Saco River, defining the town’s landscape.

— Cindy Carcamo, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026
The farms are in close proximity to one of the two remaining spinning mills in Greece, Nafpaktos Cotton, and produce some of the few natural-fiber yarns that have never left Europe.

— Lucianne Tonti, Vogue, 16 July 2026

Definition of mills

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The two groups worked for the past five years tearing out asphalt, restoring creeks for salmon and other wildlife and replanting more than 50,000 native plants, including redwoods.

— Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 28 July 2026
Sony and Fujifilm also evacuated staff from their plants in the area, Nikkei newspaper reported.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 July 2026

Definition of plants

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Today, some bright spots aside, the Art Deco District’s historic commercial spine is a drab length of vacant and unkempt storefronts, smoke shops, liquor stores, fast-food outlets, cheap T-shirt emporia and other varieties of tourist trap.

— Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
The market usually features live music, local artisan vendors, and booths from shops throughout the district.

— Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026