as in factory
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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Recent Examples of manufactory The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland. Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples. Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland. Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples. Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 For guests interested in Vienna’s living craft legacy, the hotel can arrange visits to artisans and ateliers around the city, including Bösendorfer pianos and Augarten, a 300-year-old porcelain manufactory. Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024 These startlingly realistic vessels and objects sculpted or painted (or both) to mimic flora and fauna are seemingly everywhere, whether in the form of vintage pieces, those from traditional manufactories or collections created by a new wave of young makers. Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023 The designer clothing website Matches now offers a garden’s worth of veggie earthenware from the 139-year-old Portuguese ceramics manufactory Bordallo Pinheiro, including plates that look like ragwort leaves, each affixed with a high relief ladybug. Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023 Handcrafted at Porsche’s watch manufactory in Switzerland, the Chronograph 718 Spyder RS has a sleek, aerodynamic design and precise technical details inspired by its Boxster twin. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactory
Noun
  • This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Toyota also announced Thursday a plan to build a new vehicle factory in Japan, where car sales have been falling due to a shrinking population and declining ownership.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Opened in 1905 by brothers Moses and Ceasar Cone, White Oak in Greensboro, N.C. became the largest denim mill in the world occupying more than a million square feet.
    Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • With tariffs shifting unpredictably and trade relationships in flux, mills are being forced to rethink sourcing and production strategies from the ground up, often without a clear sense of when, where or how steeply new duties will hit.
    Andre Claudio, Sourcing Journal, 1 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Lawns help cool the surrounding environment with the evaporation of water from plants.
    Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Place a drop of water directly on the soil in your garden or container plant.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025

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“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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