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factory

noun

ˈfak-t(ə-)rē

Definition of factory

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 The company’s investment in factory upgrades is therefore intended not only to increase the number of systems produced but also to create a more efficient production pipeline. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026 Her feature-length films include the documentaries The factory is full (2012) and Shores (2015), and the fictional feature Pawn Street (2017). — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 21 July 2026 If factories automate only to cut labor in a slow-growth economy, the math changes. — Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 Intel is also helping Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX build a chip factory called Terafab. — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for factory

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The stench, a byproduct of papermaking, eased years ago with the installation of air-scrubbing equipment and went away completely in September when International Paper closed the mill after 90 years of operation.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Waters, for example, went from sharecropping and driving a tractor on a plantation near Clarksdale to working in a paper mill and driving a truck in Chicago.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

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Choosing native plants for your landscape provides food and habitat for countless insects, birds, and other wildlife year-round.

— Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
About 60,000 acres of the swamp are shallow, watery prairies covered with grass, sedges and other aquatic plants rooted in thick beds of peat.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026

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Below is an example of how the scoring works, based on the performances of the Marist teams during the 2025-26 school year.

— Chip Saye, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
One of Nebel’s major works was still there — The Wrestlers, a huge plaster work of two sinewy men locked in combat, which had been his thesis as a student.

— Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 July 2026

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