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sweatshop

noun

Definition of sweatshop

as in factory

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Recent Examples of sweatshop Meanwhile, Miranda has gone viral too, in the bad way, for publishing a piece about a fashion brand since revealed to use sweatshop labor. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 At the same time, Priestly’s magazine gets embroiled in a sweatshop scandal that does a number on their PR. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 And a scandal that sees Runway fooled by (LOL) a fast fashion brand with sweatshop ties as tarnished the mag’s sterling reputation. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026 After the magazine unwittingly publishes a laudatory profile of a label soon after revealed to be a sweatshop, Runway chair Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), in PR crisis mode, hires Andrea to run the features department. — Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweatshop

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Beyond direct factory jobs, Brown said the spillover benefit of Prysmian’s latest investment will benefit local small businesses, restaurants and retailers.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 15 Sep. 2026
Huang also lamented Southeast Asia’s lack of clean and stable power, even as Chinese factories relocate to the region.

— Angelica Ang, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of factory

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At the same time, her project explored AI as a potential coordination technology for building ethically sourced vocal datasets for sharing creative works, and those ideas were then discussed by the British government and the EU.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
The collection is stand out; the Hedreens were keen on mixing contemporary art with Old Masters, often hanging works made centuries apart alongside one another.

— Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of works

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Ciudad de la Luz already has six soundstages totaling about 118,400 square feet, nearly 30 acres of backlot and about 120,600 square feet of workshops and storage.

— Emiliano de Pablos, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
Some clubs provide educational workshops to parents on the processes involved and highlighting the potential pitfalls of being caught breaking Premier League and/or FA rules.

— Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

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