manufacture 1 of 2

verb

Definition of manufacturenext
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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manufacture

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noun

as in production

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Recent Examples of manufacture
Verb
Moderna’s new vaccine takes just two to three months to manufacture and roll out. — Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026 Moving forward, major off-price retailers will likely go directly to suppliers to manufacture deliberate, lower-cost product variations. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 6 Aug. 2026
Noun
In June, Kennedy added members to the advisory group who, with one exception, had obvious interests in the manufacture and sale of the unapproved peptides. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026 Yet, here was a globally accessible piece of technology apparently spilling the secrets of their manufacture for anyone who could manipulate it the right way. — IEEE Spectrum, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for manufacture
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufacture
  1. produce
  2. devise
  3. production
  4. make
  5. construct
  6. printing
  7. invent
  8. concoct
Verb
  • Tombo Banda, managing director of CrossBoundary Energy, said Chinese factories are producing more vehicle s than the domestic market can absorb while exports face mounting barriers.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Braves had only three hits, but produced enough offense for Pérez, who has not allowed a run since Francisco Linder of the Mets hit a two-run homer when the teams met in New York on July 27.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of produce
Verb
  • Advertisement As Claude began completing such tasks too reliably to reveal much, Freeman devised a test closer to the messiness of the real world.
    — Harry Booth, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In Ukraine, Washington may have waited too long to devise a strategy for ending the war.
    — Dafna H. Rand, Foreign Affairs, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of devise
Noun
  • Ford has sold out its Maverick production run for multiple years in a row, accordingly, Drury said.
    — Michael Ballaban, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Over in the post-production room, one of the clearest examples of that evolving creative process came in during the edits and music supervision, where even individual sequences were still finding their identity as the show came together.
    — Deadline, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of production
Verb
  • Heavy deposits could collapse roofs, contaminate water, damage machinery, bury crops, disrupt power networks, and make roads difficult to use.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Howard said that the cuts are designed to help the organization make its operations break even.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of make
Verb
  • In the first part of the proposal, Wyden wants to remove existing tax incentives for constructing data centers, for instance, making it so that assets purchased for data centers are not immediately eligible for write-off.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Shamelessness has been central to Trump’s business and political success, and his reaction to setbacks is to deny objective facts and construct fantasies of achievement.
    — KORI SCHAKE, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of construct
Noun
  • He's put together a Kickstarter campaign to fund this project; backers will receive STL files for 3D printing most of the components, along with a separate list of parts and assembly instructions to put the whole thing together on your own.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Built for high-volume printing without the hassle of ink cartridges, the HP LaserJet Pro 30001dw delivers razor-sharp black-and-white documents at up to 35 pages per minute.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of printing
Verb
  • With fellow voice actor and Rugrats star Michael Bell, Chartoff invented the Grayway Rotating Drain, which recycles used water from showers and sinks for other household uses.
    — Madeline Boardman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Aug. 2026
  • No American family should have to invent its own aging strategy in the middle of a crisis.
    — Samir Shah, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of invent
Verb
  • Like, for instance, Loughlin, who paid Singer $500,000 to concoct fake row team credentials — and even stage phony rowing photos — to get her two daughters into USC.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The cocktail menu leans into the couple’s heritage with some Argentine staples, including the El Clásico of Fernet and Coke and El Diego, concocted with sweet vermouth, Coke and a splash of whiskey.
    — Rick West, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of concoct

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