1
as in producing
to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials
the company manufactures appliances and electronics
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as in devising
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 manufacturing
Electronic manufacturing company Flex is also on the list of firms joining the S&P 500 later this month, while Pool Corp and The Campbell's Company will be removed from the index.
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Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Connecticut’s manufacturing workforce shrunk by more than 140,000 jobs between 1990 and 2024.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
But Intel still faces major challenges, particularly in its chip-manufacturing foundry business, which has struggled to add more clients and improve production quality, analysts said.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
Extensive design iterations, airworthiness certification, and manufacturing validation requirements make the path to mass production longer and more complex, resulting in a gradual ramp-up in deliveries.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 June 2026
But the Royals didn’t go away, manufacturing two late runs for a 3-2 road victory.
—Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
Inside the manufacturing side of the building is a mezzanine where there’s some storage and the testing lab.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
The firm operates manufacturing plants in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, as well as a battery recycling facility in Nigeria.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
But creators aren't manufacturing that content from nothing.
—Adam Salacuse, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 8 June 2026
Connecticut’s manufacturing workforce shrunk by more than 140,000 jobs between 1990 and 2024.
—P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2026
But Intel still faces major challenges, particularly in its chip-manufacturing foundry business, which has struggled to add more clients and improve production quality, analysts said.
—Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 7 June 2026
Extensive design iterations, airworthiness certification, and manufacturing validation requirements make the path to mass production longer and more complex, resulting in a gradual ramp-up in deliveries.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 7 June 2026
But the Royals didn’t go away, manufacturing two late runs for a 3-2 road victory.
—Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
Inside the manufacturing side of the building is a mezzanine where there’s some storage and the testing lab.
—Charlotte Observer, 3 June 2026
The firm operates manufacturing plants in Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda, as well as a battery recycling facility in Nigeria.
—ABC News, 1 June 2026
But creators aren't manufacturing that content from nothing.
—Adam Salacuse, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufacturing
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Moss is also executive producing under her Love & Squalor Pictures banner in addition to starring.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
12 June 2026
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Pot and column still distillates mature under Barbados' tropical heat, where aging occurs much faster than in cooler climates, producing remarkable depth.—
Hudson Lindenberger,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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States are getting creative in devising how the money will be collected either through taxation or voluntary donations by state residents.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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Working with industry qubits Imec’s genius is not in devising a new kind of qubit but in using one that’s the easiest to scale.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
26 May 2026
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While the Qatari national team practiced at nearby PayPal Park Friday morning, Switzerland trained in San Diego early in the day before hopping on a plane and making the short flight to San Jose.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
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The water pressure then causes the vehicle to rise and slide on a thin layer of water between the tires and the road, making the driver lose control.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2026
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For the mixed martial arts event, crews have spent the past three weeks constructing the Claw, a 92-foot-tall structure that will house the Octagon.—
Melissa Quinn,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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The first phase includes grading the site, building roadways around the property, constructing ball fields and relocating existing overhead power lines underground, the latter of which has already been completed in a contract with Idaho Power.—
Noah Daly,
Idaho Statesman,
11 June 2026
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There is this common understanding of the disruptive way of inventing a genre.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
9 June 2026
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Since inventing optical fiber for long-range communication in 1970, Corning has provided millions of miles of cables to connect racks together in AI data centers from all the major players.—
Katie Tarasov,
CNBC,
8 June 2026
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And she’s spent a decade scaling her brand into an industry disrupter; Ellsworth began concocting prebiotic drinks in 2015, founding her business just one year later.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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According to the report, workers illegally pocketed between $20,000 and more than $41,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loans from a massive federal COVID-19 pandemic relief effort – some by concocting companies that didn't exist to pocket federal assistance funds.—
Chris Tye,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Tasked with designing the FIFA KC Fan Fest site for the World Cup, Kansas City sports architecture firm Populous checked the boxes of musts to be included for the site at the World War I Museum.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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The latter, a toy company, co-owns the Transformers brand with Hasbro and used their expertise and technology developed from designing toys of the Autobots and Decepticons to give SORA-Q its transforming capabilities.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 June 2026
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“Manufacturing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufacturing. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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