sweatshops

noun

plural of sweatshop
as in factories

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  1. factories
  2. plants
  3. mills
  4. works
Noun
  • Ukraine, meantime, has also recently ramped up missile and drone attacks against key infrastructure deep inside Russian territory, including oil refineries, ports and military factories.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 6 July 2026
  • By reducing the time parts spend in curing equipment, factories could potentially process more components using the same infrastructure, easing one of the production bottlenecks facing the aerospace industry.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 5 July 2026
Definition of factories
Noun
  • Even a small planter box or patio corner with a few aromatic plants can work.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026
  • All current nuclear power plants use fission, which involves splitting atoms.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 July 2026
Definition of plants
Noun
  • Gumede’s consortium bought Tongaat Hulett out of near liquidation earlier this year, taking control of a business whose mills and grower networks anchor rural economies across Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • Consider taking a tour of the Blackstone Canal, which is responsible for many mills and subsequent mill villages along the river.
    — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026
Definition of mills
Noun
  • The global sports market is forecast to be worth more than $600bn by 2030, according to consultancy Kearney, and IBM is far from the only technology company using sport to prove its AI works before selling it elsewhere.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • There is no doubt that a series of sketches by Lagerfeld, with his incredibly detailed comments, down to the stitches and the buttons to be employed, are definitely art works.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 9 July 2026
Definition of works
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