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workshop

noun

ˈwərk-ˌshäp

Definition of workshop

as in factory

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a workshop for making high-end furniture

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Recent Examples of workshop What followed was the construction of a workshop in their own backyard, which serves as the home base for the little library business. — Zuri Primos july 27, Kansas City Star, 27 July 2026 Besides teaching, Janice Minabe offers costume workshops and designs her daughter’s competition wear, including the towering headdress, which is likened to balancing a small floral garden on top of the skull. — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026 Other cast members have a history with the script from readings or workshops. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2026 The partnership brings two-day diabetes education, prevention and detection mini workshops — free of charge — to the church after Sunday services. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for workshop

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Half a century later, Andy Warhol’s factory flipped this theory on its head.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
Defensive backs coach Dino Vasso deserves a significant mention here, too — the Texans have become a talent factory at every position in their secondary under Vasso, who could get even more coordinator interest this spring.

— Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 21 July 2026

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The stench, a byproduct of papermaking, eased years ago with the installation of air-scrubbing equipment and went away completely in September when International Paper closed the mill after 90 years of operation.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Waters, for example, went from sharecropping and driving a tractor on a plantation near Clarksdale to working in a paper mill and driving a truck in Chicago.

— René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

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Choosing native plants for your landscape provides food and habitat for countless insects, birds, and other wildlife year-round.

— Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
About 60,000 acres of the swamp are shallow, watery prairies covered with grass, sedges and other aquatic plants rooted in thick beds of peat.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 25 July 2026

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Boseman’s parents, Leroy and Carolyn, accuse Simone Ledward Boseman of violating a court order mandating the distribution of funds and mismanaging the company that holds Chadwick’s rights and prior works.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026
Association of University Presses (AUPresses) members share a commitment to advancing knowledge and have long published scholarly works that contribute to understanding many complex subjects, particularly in the humanities and social sciences.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

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