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Recent Examples of manufactory
The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactory
Noun
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But March’s family, which has seen their factory turned upside down by the ghost of a former employee, rejects the relationship.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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But most go to the United States, which alone accounts for over 40% of the factory’s exports.—
Haicen Yang,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The oldest brother gets the mill, the middle a donkey, and the youngest a cat.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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After months of growing, but before the first frost, the tall stalks are cut and hauled to a ‘cane mill’ for processing.—
Philip Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The vine aspect comes from Quigley’s interest in plants.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Herbs like basil should be harvested from the top to promote healthier, bushier plant growth.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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