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 From smartphones to factories and vehicles, waste heat is everywhere. — Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026 The area transitioned from mills and factories to vacant properties, and then to the tech-forward mix of industries, apartments, restaurants and tourist sites that are there today. — Charlotte Observer, 29 Oct. 2026 Across the country, massive new factories, semiconductor plants, and football-field-sized AI data centers are reshaping America’s landscape. — Monica Ningen, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2026 Hundreds of startups flocked to the city for its super-fast broadband, with tech incubators setting up shop in shuttered storefronts and abandoned industrial factories dotted along the city’s downtown. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 29 Oct. 2026 The organization also urged LPP to follow the brand’s lead, saying that LPP, too, had outstanding safety fixes within its network of 100 supplier factories. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 29 Oct. 2026 German's Volkswagen has revamped its push into Central Asia this year, announcing in late June that for the first time its China business and factories was leading vehicle exports to another country, in this case Uzbekistan. — Jenny Lee,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026

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Noun

However, only a handful of specialized steel mills worldwide have the technology to produce it.

— Jasmine Garland, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026
By 2024, Sheppard began cold-calling denim mills, including Mary Black, Cone Denim’s sales representative, who urged the mill to explore the partnership.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of mills

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The plants extracting the most helium, as of 2023, were located in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, according to federal data.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of plants

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The shops and restaurants of the Aventura Mall are just a seven-minute walk away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
One day, online shops could let customers sample scents before ordering – although the right fragrances would need to be available at the receiving end.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Nov. 2026