manufactories

Definition of manufactoriesnext
plural of manufactory
as in factories
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods recent years have seen a tremendous growth in manufactories all along the river

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Noun
  • Jeff Bezos plans to invest $100 billion to bring AI to factories.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Demand for compute power is only increasing, and many of the products that go into building massive compute factories, like chips, memory, and copper, can’t just be ramped up overnight, or even in a matter of years.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 25 Mar. 2026
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  • But Oregon's timber harvest has hovered near historic lows, several mills have closed and logging on federal lands has been limited.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Because of its steel mills, coke ovens – which burn coal to produce fuel for steel production – steep valleys that trap pollution and a history of inadequate local enforcement of the Clean Air Act, the Pittsburgh metropolitan area continues to rank among the nation’s most polluted regions.
    Ella Whitman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
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  • That’s why manufacturers liquefy the gas in plants called trains, like the two destroyed in the recent attack, which occurred March 18 at the Ras Laffan Industrial City production site in Qatar.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The threat by Tehran puts at risk both electrical supplies and water in the Gulf Arab states, particularly as the desert nations commingle their power stations with desalination plants crucial for supplying drinking water.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
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“Manufactories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactories. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.

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