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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
The Maker in Residence will lead public workshops, host open studio sessions in library makerspaces and visit communities alongside the Makermobile throughout San Mateo County.
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Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
Members participate in workshops, garden visits, speaker programs, and social events, while supporting local horticulture, conservation, and charitable initiatives.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Inspired by ’70s assembly lines and workshops, the duo-floor space offers personalized service to the brand’s range of smartphones and audio products, and comes with studio space for social media content creators.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
Over the past five years, roughly 100 filmmakers have passed through the foundation’s residencies, training programs, and professional workshops, supporting emerging talent looking to make the leap into features.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
In those clubs, counselors host weekly workshops for children on topics like bullying, sportsmanship and confidence building.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
The question is whether leaders are willing to use them not as stages, but as workshops for ideas, as places to wrestle honestly with the hardest questions and decisions of our time.
—Alan H.h. Fleischmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
The program now involves 130 school districts, giving students from pre-K through 12th grade the chance to compete, earn scholarships, attend workshops and display their work at the Hayloft Gallery during the rodeo.
—Claire Partain, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
The Morningside Project serves as a co-working space for meetings or an event space for small workshops.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2026
Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2026
Members participate in workshops, garden visits, speaker programs, and social events, while supporting local horticulture, conservation, and charitable initiatives.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
Inspired by ’70s assembly lines and workshops, the duo-floor space offers personalized service to the brand’s range of smartphones and audio products, and comes with studio space for social media content creators.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 Feb. 2026
Over the past five years, roughly 100 filmmakers have passed through the foundation’s residencies, training programs, and professional workshops, supporting emerging talent looking to make the leap into features.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
In those clubs, counselors host weekly workshops for children on topics like bullying, sportsmanship and confidence building.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
The question is whether leaders are willing to use them not as stages, but as workshops for ideas, as places to wrestle honestly with the hardest questions and decisions of our time.
—Alan H.h. Fleischmann, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
The program now involves 130 school districts, giving students from pre-K through 12th grade the chance to compete, earn scholarships, attend workshops and display their work at the Hayloft Gallery during the rodeo.
—Claire Partain, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2026
The Morningside Project serves as a co-working space for meetings or an event space for small workshops.
—Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workshops
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Lalor said there was a price increase of around five percent early last year, but that manufacturers, factories and retailers absorbed most of the cost increases from the new tariffs imposed in 2025.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
11 Feb. 2026
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Apparel Export Council chairperson Fadel Marzouk said that Egyptian factories account for 63 percent of the country’s total garment exports, attributed to robust growth and the support of government entities such as the Ministry of Industry, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Investment.—
Jennifer Bringle,
Sourcing Journal,
11 Feb. 2026
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Often considered the birthplace of the city, the park sits on land reclaimed in the 1960s from former textile mills, transforming an industrial corridor into one of Greenville’s most beloved—and beautiful—public spaces.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Feb. 2026
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The owners of Holdingford Feed Mill say other local feed mills are offering support.—
Riley Moser,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Today the city’s casinos, banks, and skyscrapers include works by many top contemporary architects.—
Annabelle Dufraigne,
Architectural Digest,
15 Feb. 2026
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On Main Street, Majestic Repertory Theatre offers a distinctly different experience, combining a professional theater presence with bold, high-energy plays, musicals, and original works known for inventive set design, immersive elements, and a playful, sometimes provocative, approach.—
Mackenzie Jervis,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Feb. 2026
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If there’s more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and less oxygen, for example, animals will be smaller and plants will thrive under those conditions, changing the balance of life.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
17 Feb. 2026
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But to encourage more energy generation — repowering plants for example — requires an honest conversation about the pathway to a cleaner future.—
Robert Duffy,
New York Daily News,
16 Feb. 2026
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Foot traffic at restaurants, shops and mosques sharply declined, turning once-lively economic and social hubs into ghost towns, and threatening to cripple the livelihood of an entire community.—
Yahya Salem,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Spend an afternoon browsing the shops and historic storefronts of Dadaocheng, Taipei’s oldest neighborhood.—
Mae Hamilton,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Workshops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workshops. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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