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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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China’s manufacturing prowess has cemented its position as the world’s factory, laying the foundation for its agile export pivot.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
11 Dec. 2025
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The Sciroccos also happen to be the flattest-shooting of Remington’s factory offerings, which worked to our advantage the first day of the hunt.—
John B. Snow,
Outdoor Life,
11 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The hunt for the perfect fabric eventually led to the brand’s signature patented microfiber sourced from an Italian mill.—
Brittany Talarico,
PEOPLE,
11 Dec. 2025
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Since 1956, when members of the local men’s club and workers at former textile mill Pharr Yarns first strung red, white and green lights on a handful of trees at the community center, McAdenville has grown into a renowned holiday-light phenomenon, WUNC reported.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Select a spot with bright, indirect light to keep your plant healthy and happy.—
Lynn Coulter,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 Dec. 2025
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But those turbines release enough pollutants that the landfill needs a federal Title 5 air permit for the plant, Conway said.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
7 Dec. 2025
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“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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