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factory

[fak-tuh-ree, -tree] / ˈfæk tə ri, -tri /


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But already the trends are toward renewable power and less waste, including in mines and factories.

From The Wall Street Journal

The improvised prison pens—everything from old army barracks and training camps, barns and fairgrounds, derelict cotton warehouses and tobacco factories—were emptied out.

From The Wall Street Journal

When these viruses infect cells, they create structures known as virus factories inside their hosts.

From Science Daily

Workers at a factory due to close in Oxfordshire are being allowed by their employer to help at a local food bank while production scales down.

From BBC

The equity rally was reinforced by solid U.S. economic data with industrial production and factory output both exceeding expectations, the analysts say.

From The Wall Street Journal