as in mill
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs

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Recent Examples of factory Also in this week’s Screen Gab, our streaming suggestions include a cozy crime comedy featuring an antiques expert heroine and another home improvement series from the Chip and Joanna Gaines factory. Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025 For instance, Trump slapped steep tariffs on steel and aluminum and is targeting copper next — and those are critical inputs factories need to make goods. Matt Egan, CNN Money, 11 July 2025 But labor activists want to know why Next and Fruit of the Loom aren’t choosing to close their non-unionized factories instead. Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 1 July 2025 Companies like Walmart used RFID tags to improve inventory tracking, while factories adopted M2M systems to automate operations. Thomas Ryd, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for factory
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Noun
  • There are still multiple avenues to improving the team, but the James situation could have them on hold. Expect to continue hearing the Lakers in the NBA rumor mill.
    Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
  • Kohlmeyer and his team seem to never stop striving for excellence in their products — during Monday’s visit to the mill, Kohlmeyer was in South America searching for organic sources of sesame seeds for oil.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 11 July 2025
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  • Mun’s parents work at an automobile assembly plant.
    Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2025
  • Vehicles are assembled on a line at the BMW plant in Leipzig.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 23 July 2025
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  • The shop, which recently opened up in New York, has hired UK agents George Bray and George Hughes and signed Megan Garner, Super GT, Ollie Smith and Tenshi.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 21 July 2025
  • On Sunday, July 20, Lord posted on Instagram a thank-you letter sent to him by the Duke of Sussex, 40, after visiting his shop East Side Ink to get a fake tattoo from country singer Jelly Roll in 2024.
    Escher Walcott, People.com, 21 July 2025
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  • Too many ideation sessions and team workshops get dragged down by late attendees who show up unclear on the goals of the meeting or without prior work completed.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Space is limited, and the public is encouraged to register before the workshop.
    Abby Hamblin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 July 2025

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“Factory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/factory. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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