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Recent Examples of manufactory
The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland.
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Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland.
—Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
For guests interested in Vienna’s living craft legacy, the hotel can arrange visits to artisans and ateliers around the city, including Bösendorfer pianos and Augarten, a 300-year-old porcelain manufactory.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
These startlingly realistic vessels and objects sculpted or painted (or both) to mimic flora and fauna are seemingly everywhere, whether in the form of vintage pieces, those from traditional manufactories or collections created by a new wave of young makers.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
The designer clothing website Matches now offers a garden’s worth of veggie earthenware from the 139-year-old Portuguese ceramics manufactory Bordallo Pinheiro, including plates that look like ragwort leaves, each affixed with a high relief ladybug.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Handcrafted at Porsche’s watch manufactory in Switzerland, the Chronograph 718 Spyder RS has a sleek, aerodynamic design and precise technical details inspired by its Boxster twin.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland.
—Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025
The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples.
—Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
For guests interested in Vienna’s living craft legacy, the hotel can arrange visits to artisans and ateliers around the city, including Bösendorfer pianos and Augarten, a 300-year-old porcelain manufactory.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
These startlingly realistic vessels and objects sculpted or painted (or both) to mimic flora and fauna are seemingly everywhere, whether in the form of vintage pieces, those from traditional manufactories or collections created by a new wave of young makers.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
The designer clothing website Matches now offers a garden’s worth of veggie earthenware from the 139-year-old Portuguese ceramics manufactory Bordallo Pinheiro, including plates that look like ragwort leaves, each affixed with a high relief ladybug.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Handcrafted at Porsche’s watch manufactory in Switzerland, the Chronograph 718 Spyder RS has a sleek, aerodynamic design and precise technical details inspired by its Boxster twin.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactory
Noun
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Output of factories has more than doubled since 1979 despite the much lower employment level.—
Bill Conerly,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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An employee works on a vehicle crankshaft production line at a factory which produces engine parts in Binzhou, in eastern China’s Shandong province on March 14, 2025.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Nippon Steel intends to invest up to $4 billion in establishing a new steel mill, with the overall agreement projected to generate 70,000 jobs and contribute $14 billion to the U.S. economy within 14 months.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Modern industrial operations are far cleaner than Chicago’s old mills and factories, which dumped toxic waste near low-income communities like the Altgeld Gardens public housing development, which Hazel Johnson resided in, leading to elevated rates of respiratory and cardiac ailments.—
Brian J. Rogal,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
Noun
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Nissan layoffs: Company to slash another 11,000 jobs, close 7 plants Johnson said the museum now has 13 Model T's from 1914 to 1927 model years.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
5 June 2025
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Yank invasive plants in Griffith Park Friends of Griffith Park will host a trail maintenance day from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
Cite this Entry
“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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