1
as in to produce
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
the company manufactures appliances and electronics
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2
as in to devise
to create or think of by clever use of the imagination
he manufactured some story about how his car broke down and he was unable to call home and let anyone know that he would be late
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Recent Examples of manufacture
Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
All of the weapons seized from Reyes’ bedroom, except one, were manufactured using the printers, the DA’s office said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
An open caseback reveals a view of Breitling’s manufacture B01 automatic chronograph movement, which is COSC certified.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
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Verb
Amable Normandin buggy-manufacturing shop opened 150 years ago and then did a very Silicon Valley thing and pivoted when cars came along a few decades later.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2026
All of the weapons seized from Reyes’ bedroom, except one, were manufactured using the printers, the DA’s office said.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
Noun
On both steamer models, the manufacture date (date code) is located on a label on the bottom of the product in YYMM format.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 5 Feb. 2026
An open caseback reveals a view of Breitling’s manufacture B01 automatic chronograph movement, which is COSC certified.
—Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufacture
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Carrick ignored it, deciding not to change a formula up front that has ended up producing five wins and a draw from his first six matches back in the dugout.—
Ian Irving,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Even if some kilns had continued producing ceramics, the Yuan Dynasty fell in 1368 and the first Ming emperor banned commercial trade around 1371, so even conservative estimates for dating the shipwreck still fall between the late 1320s and 1371, according to the study.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
28 Feb. 2026
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After the village’s Plan Commission recommended in January against its original designs for building fences jutting into the lake from Centennial Beach, the Park District quickly devised two new options.—
Shun Graves,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2026
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Health ministry officials and the ministry of trade are also devising tax breaks to incentivize local manufacturing, said Modise.—
Alexis Akwagyiram,
semafor.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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Although Iran has not officially closed the strait, through which one-fifth of the world’s global trade in liquified natural gas and daily oil production passes, vessels are avoiding the waterway, particularly after oil tankers in the region were attacked over the weekend.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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The company is now bringing Physical AI to Europe for the first time, launching a pilot project at its Leipzig plant in Germany to integrate humanoid robots into car production and explore battery and component manufacturing.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Mar. 2026
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Gonzales was struggling to hold his 23rd District even before the scandal, barely beating 2nd Amendment activist and content creator Brandon Herrera in 2024; Herrera is running again, along with Quico Canseco, a one-term congressman who’s made multiple comeback attempts.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Mar. 2026
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In 2022, former President Joe Biden’s BOP reinstated the Transgender Offender Manual, which was originally released by the Obama-Biden administration in January 2017, but that version had only made hormone medication accessible at the time.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Mar. 2026
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The headquarters was mostly beams and joists, with no walls yet constructed.—
Emily Brindley,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Feb. 2026
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The city entered into a public-private partnership with the company to construct the building on Lusk District land that was chosen for its location near the geothermal system.—
Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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While the Kleberg-Rylie closure was caused by building damage, not budget decisions, the loss of access has heightened concerns about service gaps in communities that rely heavily on library spaces for computer access, printing and after-school support, library board members said.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
25 Feb. 2026
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The text of the article is a reasonable summation of her career, beginning with the present (Wifey is a smash, in its third printing, paperback rights sold for $350,000) and looking back at her beginnings (the NYU writing class, early rejection letters).—
Mark Oppenheimer,
Vulture,
25 Feb. 2026
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End-to-end encryption had been invented, but not widely adopted, and so the powerful often used Gmail and Outlook like the rest of us.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2026
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Shoutout to whoever invented those winter hats with the earflaps on them.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
24 Feb. 2026
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The ancient Greek philosopher Zeno used it to concoct all sorts of paradoxes.—
Joseph Howlett,
Quanta Magazine,
25 Feb. 2026
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Since the advent of TV and radio, public figures have concocted deliberate soundbites to stick out and persuade the public.—
Charles Trepany,
USA Today,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Manufacture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufacture. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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