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 Increasingly integrated by Southern Black migrants toward the turn of the 20th century, the neighborhood rapidly industrialized into a hub of factories and slaughterhouses, and became known for the kind of living conditions that kept typhoid top of mind. Erin Quinlan, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2025 Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during a visit to a Jaguar Land Rover car factory on April 7, 2025 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Chloe Taylor,jenni Reid, CNBC, 30 June 2025 Time to put up or shut up ... After lengthy production delays at Amazon's satellite factory, the retail giant is finally churning out Kuiper satellites at scale. ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025 The group, which prints mono-material, single-piece shoes, currently operates 60 3D printers and is building out a factory in Ventura, Calif. that Graczyk said will house 4,000 printers at the end of the next two years. Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for factory
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Noun
  • The mills also reported lower backlogs, decreased production and a contraction in new export orders in June.
    Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 3 July 2025
  • When the first railroad line came to Charlotte in the 1850s, the area around South Boulevard thrived with textile mills and manufacturing.
    Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • Eventually, hard candies were made from the plant and carried in many apothecaries and general stores.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 11 July 2025
  • Squirrels love to yank new plants out of the ground.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • The first day of Amazon's big summer sale is over, but there are still three more days of deals to shop.
    Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 9 July 2025
  • All of this and more below, where a Vogue beauty editor vets the best deals to shop.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • Inside the cafés, the brand hosts events ranging from coding classes to financial literacy workshops, which Windbeck said has helped build Capital One’s brand image as more than a credit-card company.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 5 July 2025
  • In a June 16 letter penned by U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, the Human Rights Council outlines more than a dozen reports, as well as studies, regional workshops, and panels mandated by the Council, which could not be completed due to inadequate resourcing.
    Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2025

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