1
as in produces
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
the company manufactures appliances and electronics
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as in devises
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 manufactures
Victor Loh, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2026
Decathlon specially manufactures shoes for him that are identical except for one key trait—heel-toe drop, say—and then Malisoux randomly assigns them to runners and monitors their injury rates.
—Outside, 30 Dec. 2025
Four-walling has been around long enough to feel old-fashioned, the thing that manufactures press, legitimacy, and awareness when distributors won’t.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 29 Dec. 2025
The Rays own Impact Foam Solutions in Cornelius, which manufactures foam inserts that increase driver safety in motorsports.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
The factory manufactures two sheets of metal simultaneously to ensure the sheets are strong enough to withstand breakage.
—Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
The findings on orforglipron come from ATTAIN-MAINTAIN, a first-of-its-kind phase 3 trial conducted by the GLP-1 drugmaker Eli Lilly, which manufactures Zepbound and is developing the new oral medication.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Lever Style manufactures apparel across a number of categories, including activewear and performance apparel.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
China’s Meskernel manufactures the laser rangefinder.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
Emcore manufactures navigation equipment such as gyroscopes and sensors used in commercial, industrial and defense applications, including autonomous navigation and weapons systems, according to its website.
—Victor Loh, CNBC, 3 Jan. 2026
Decathlon specially manufactures shoes for him that are identical except for one key trait—heel-toe drop, say—and then Malisoux randomly assigns them to runners and monitors their injury rates.
—Outside, 30 Dec. 2025
Four-walling has been around long enough to feel old-fashioned, the thing that manufactures press, legitimacy, and awareness when distributors won’t.
—Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 29 Dec. 2025
The Rays own Impact Foam Solutions in Cornelius, which manufactures foam inserts that increase driver safety in motorsports.
—Charlotte Observer, 23 Dec. 2025
The factory manufactures two sheets of metal simultaneously to ensure the sheets are strong enough to withstand breakage.
—Tamara Gane, Southern Living, 20 Dec. 2025
The findings on orforglipron come from ATTAIN-MAINTAIN, a first-of-its-kind phase 3 trial conducted by the GLP-1 drugmaker Eli Lilly, which manufactures Zepbound and is developing the new oral medication.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 19 Dec. 2025
Lever Style manufactures apparel across a number of categories, including activewear and performance apparel.
—Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
China’s Meskernel manufactures the laser rangefinder.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactures
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Like FFRs, this method can achieve escape velocities from the Solar System, but also produces dangerous levels of radiation in its wake.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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Cannabis produces a complex suite of bioactive compounds, including tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), but how these molecules evolved has long been a mystery.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Jan. 2026
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Tiffany Bendayan, a chef and baker in Miami, devises different ways to make the table a space where her daughters—Emily and Sofia—feel comfortable sharing just about anything.—
Karen Cicero,
Parents,
21 Dec. 2025
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Odysseus, the Ithacan warrior who is as celebrated for craftiness as Achilles is for brute strength, devises a clever ruse in which the Greeks place a giant wooden horse outside Troy’s walls and pretend to sail away.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Marvel has publicly acknowledged that the studio's productions often scan actors' bodies, though the scans are generally only used for visual effects purposes rather than storing actors' likenesses for future projects.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Jan. 2026
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Mediawan will also collaborate with BYD on content in various ways, ranging from brand integration in select titles across Mediawan Group productions.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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The board is an advisory panel that makes recommendations to the Mooresville Board of Commissioners, which has final say and would consider the rezoning at a meeting to be announced.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Placing like items in bags or boxes before storage makes sorting through the jumble easier later on.—
Lauren Landers,
The Spruce,
12 Jan. 2026
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Man-su, wanting an accurate sense of his competition, invents a fake job opportunity and puts out a call for applicants.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
23 Dec. 2025
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That said, if Stacey can continue to show up as GNA invents new reasons to exist every season, the women could have shown up to the company break-room party that Stacey called a grand opening.—
Shamira Ibrahim,
Vulture,
8 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Executive pastry chef Jess Robertson, Ian’s wife, concocts desserts ranging from $4 oatmeal cream pies to $100 banana splits.—
Mary LeBus,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
15 Dec. 2025
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Lockjaw, obsessed with everything about Perfidia, concocts a reason to send authorities into the town where Bob and Willa are living.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Beehiiv, a creator platform that works with Time and Status, has been hiring more sale staff to pitch advertisers on its network of different publications.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
8 Jan. 2026
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In a 2015 interview with Plough publications, Yancey seemed to foreshadow what that might be.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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As Victor constructs his lab and assembles the Creature, the various stages of its creation are meticulously portrayed.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
3 Jan. 2026
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By shuffling these more personal images with his own photographs of their rooms—draperies, windows, unmade beds, a shower stall—Xu constructs a fascinating if confounding new reality, a stage set destined to be struck.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
5 Dec. 2025
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“Manufactures.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactures. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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