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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as in production
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Recent Examples of manufacture
Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Rada Cutlery, a brand that manufactures cutlery in the United States, states that wooden knife blocks can be cleaned in three simple steps.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Apr. 2025
Winthrop's company sources and manufactures almost all its products in the U.S., from cotton to the final stitch.
—Leila Fadel, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
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Plus, the Russian economy indeed switched to 'war mode,' and the arms industry is now massively manufacturing large quantities of drones, missiles, and bombs to bombard Ukraine into oblivion.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Rada Cutlery, a brand that manufactures cutlery in the United States, states that wooden knife blocks can be cleaned in three simple steps.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 May 2025
Noun
Bloomberg reported that Walmart was demanding that some Chinese manufactures offer price cuts of up to 10 percent for each round of Trump tariffs.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 Apr. 2025
Winthrop's company sources and manufactures almost all its products in the U.S., from cotton to the final stitch.
—Leila Fadel, NPR, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufacture
Verb
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The film is produced by Hype Studios and Gold Rush Pictures.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Related Story Pacific Jeans Group has produced premium denim in Bangladesh since 1984.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
23 May 2025
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Directors: Scout Purdy & Doug Purdy After a series of revelations, 15-year-old Joe devises a plan to cure her teen angst: a month-long pilgrimage filled with communication issues, terrible survival skills, and zero Wi-Fi—AKA a summer hiking trip with her father.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
22 May 2025
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Cabinet secretaries were sidelined, and staff members devised elaborate strategies to avoid placing him in situations that might expose his decline.—
Doug Friednash,
Denver Post,
21 May 2025
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The upside to shooting in Ireland versus other places including Georgia is that a feature production doesn’t have to fight to obtain the credit after the picture is locked.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
18 May 2025
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This would all happen even if the Reconciliation bill increases U.S. oil and gas production and fossil fuel prices decline.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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Corporate earnings Shares of UnitedHealth closed down 5.1% after reports that the company made secret payments to nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers.—
Andrea Riquier,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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The brand makes our favorite down comforter, the best budget bamboo sheets, and the best affordable linen sheets.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
22 May 2025
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The narrative that recycling can meaningfully counteract the plastic crisis was constructed by the oil and gas industry to maintain public demand for plastic and delay regulation of its production.—
Aissa Dearing,
JSTOR Daily,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Demolition of the Freedom Center printing plant was completed earlier this year.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Some savings are associated with the reduction of paper notices, by transitioning to digital SSA 1099 and other forms, centralized printing, and revising credit card usage policies.—
Elliot Raphaelson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2025
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And what if an amazing Jewish émigré scientist—Richard Dreyfuss, say—had already invented the technology?—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Now, the Entity intends to annihilate humanity in four days unless it can be taken offline by a key that accesses a gizmo in the Arctic Sea that connects to a whatsit that Ving Rhames’s weary Luther is attempting to invent from a makeshift hospital bed somewhere in the subway tunnels of London.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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Sydney Sweeney is an aspiring country singer who concocts a risky scheme to get some cash in the trailer for Americana.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
15 May 2025
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While conspiracy theorists were busy concocting arguments for why the Dallas Mavericks, with only a 1.8 percent chance, landed the No. 1 pick and the opportunity to draft star Cooper Flagg, a different cloud hung over Chicago.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
13 May 2025
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“Manufacture.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufacture. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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