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 Pretoria wants American investors to build smelters, factories, and processing facilities in South Africa, rather than relying principally on conventional offtake agreements with local mines. — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026 The region had a reputation as mostly a dreary post-industrial wasteland peppered with factories that had started being abandoned after the Flood of 1955. — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026 People are logically panicked about their jobs being replaced by machines, just like the men who destroyed factories and left notes from the fictional Ned Ludd, thereby launching the Luddite movement. — Pat Gelsinger, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026 Aitken’s 65-minute installation features multiple characters — played by Natasha Lyonne, Beck, members of the Los Angeles Dance Project and more — moving through settings across America, from deserts and remote mountains to factories and highways. — Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026 Experts also worried about certain language in the legislation that could allow manufacturers to avoid identifying where their factories are at all. — Naisha Roy, ProPublica, 18 Sep. 2026 People got jobs quickly, Sy said, at warehouses and factories, as janitors, stocking and packing for big-box stores. — Claire Galofaro, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 Russia’s Defense Ministry said the military hit metallurgical and electronics plants, factories of the military-industrial complex and energy and transport facilities. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 The six new machines are currently at different stages of commercialization, meaning not all of the equipment has necessarily entered large-scale use in semiconductor factories. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

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The team modeled energy demand profiles for 34 ammonia synthesis plants, nine steel mills, 47 oil refineries, and nearly 1,000 manufacturing sites using process heat.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
However, some mills are using modal for denim fabrics to achieve qualities like super-soft next-to-skin comfort and drape.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of mills

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The female scale insects overwinter on the plants and begin laying eggs in late April and May.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Unlike traditional growth factors derived from human or bacterial sources, BIOEFFECT’s growth factors are bioengineered in barley plants – a revolutionary method developed by Icelandic scientists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026