factories

NOUN

manufacturing plant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

branch cooperative firm industry laboratory mill shop workshop

STRONG

forge foundry manufactory mint sweatshop warehouse workroom works

WEAK

machine shop salt mines

Example Sentences

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Business closed; factories cut back production; rail lines were suspended.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

“AI factories are relatively new and evolving and require significant learning along the way. The beneficiaries will be the top executors, from infrastructure players to bare metal powered shell and neo-cloud operators,” he writes.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

He said the company is doing all it can to increase supply, including building new chip-making factories.

From Barron's • Jun. 30, 2026

U.S. factories also kept allied Soviet forces provisioned.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Turns out his insurance will pay for the repairs, though it’s impossible to get parts right now, with factories churning out Hurricanes and Spitfires, Blenheims and Wellingtons.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin