workshops

noun

plural of workshop
as in factories
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 workshops On TikTok, creators crow about Le Pliage’s visually and physically satisfying design, produced in workshops across Western France. — Joe Bobowicz, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 The nonprofit plans to fund its operations through classes, studio agreements, memberships, workshops, fundraising, grants and donations. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Blundstone also hosted a pop-up at the center of the town, with boot care classes, crafts workshops and boot elastics embroidered by Tasmanian artist Lauren Weeks. — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026 With 26 timepieces, all unique and specially made for TimeForArt, the biennial sale benefits the Swiss Institute, a nonprofit art institution in New York City that offers free public exhibitions, programs, and educational workshops. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026 Creality claims extensive durability testing, but long-term behavior in ordinary workshops will be the more meaningful test. — New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026 The Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation conducts specialized educational workshops centered around silent films. — Ed Meza, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026 The group is slated to perform in the evening, with the day-time programming taken up by ATEEZ DJ sets, dance workshops for their music, trivia and smaller breakout programming with members of the group. — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 The Emerging Filmmakers Program brings middle and high school students into screenings, discussions and workshops. — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workshops
  1. factories
  2. mills
  3. works
  4. plants
  5. shops
Noun
  • Officials want compact plants that hook directly into factories and server farms.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • As music factories and generative tools take over entry-level work, newcomers risk losing a vital foothold in the industry.
    — Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of factories
Noun
  • Just one year after introducing Tencel Lyocell – HV100 to the denim market, Lenzing has already met its sales target and has onboarded nearly 50 mills across 13 countries.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
    — Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of mills
Noun
  • Under a contributory infringement claim, all authors need to prove is that Meta facilitated transfers of their works.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
  • To sign off, Danchig-Waring didn’t just curate a matinee program with needle-moving classics alongside 21st-century works that reflect his love of process.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of works
Noun
  • The plants extracting the most helium, as of 2023, were located in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, according to federal data.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of plants
Noun
  • In the southern port city of Marseille, some shops and a municipal police station were damaged, while protesters briefly forced their way into the lobby of City Hall.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Restaurants, grocery stores and shops depend on deliveries, yet too many commercial corridors lack adequate loading zones.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of shops

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