Thesaurus results for FACTORY

factory

noun

ˈfak-t(ə-)rē

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 February's job losses were widespread, with factories, construction companies and the federal government all shedding workers. —

Scott Horsley, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026 Manufacturers including Ford, General Motors, Stellantis and others — along with others across the EV supply chain — have reneged on factory, investment and product plans, laid off workers and, instead, pivoted some of those efforts to hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. —

CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026 Israel routinely destroys equipment meant for reconstruction; Human Rights Watch found that Israel had destroyed more than 360 heavy machines — bulldozers, excavators, and factories producing asphalt and cement — in four different attacks in south Lebanon. —

Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026 Of course, Reiter showed the Orca at CMT to highlight its potential as a motorhome base that offers more space and payload for building out a floor plan than any full-size factory Sprinter. —

C.c. Weiss march 05, New Atlas, 5 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for factory

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The neighborhood just east of downtown used to be filled with cotton mill workers.

— Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 6 Mar. 2026
The lot, however, is a congested warren of stages, offices, trailers and support facilities such as woodworking mills that date to the early 20th century.

— Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026