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sweatshops

noun

plural of sweatshop

as in factories

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Pretoria wants American investors to build smelters, factories, and processing facilities in South Africa, rather than relying principally on conventional offtake agreements with local mines.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
The region had a reputation as mostly a dreary post-industrial wasteland peppered with factories that had started being abandoned after the Flood of 1955.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026

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The female scale insects overwinter on the plants and begin laying eggs in late April and May.

— Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Unlike traditional growth factors derived from human or bacterial sources, BIOEFFECT’s growth factors are bioengineered in barley plants – a revolutionary method developed by Icelandic scientists.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

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The team modeled energy demand profiles for 34 ammonia synthesis plants, nine steel mills, 47 oil refineries, and nearly 1,000 manufacturing sites using process heat.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2026
However, some mills are using modal for denim fabrics to achieve qualities like super-soft next-to-skin comfort and drape.

— Footwear News, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of mills

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Yet Marcon’s works defy old-world tempos with their pacing (the shots in Monelle, 2017, last no more than a second each), their length (several clock in at under five minutes), and, of course, the seeming ease with which they can be summarized.

— Matthew McLean, Artforum, 22 Sep. 2026
There’s the largest assemblage of Lichtenstein mirror works ever installed together in a museum context, and a complete re-creation of his first Pop art show at Leo Castelli’s gallery uptown.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026

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