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

Germany is hoping to expand defence industry ties with the United States and produce more US-designed weaponry at factories in the country, Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

First and foremost, they said, the new factories being built by chip makers to cope with high demand from artificial-intelligence hyperscalers will take about two years, keeping capacity constrained at least over 2027.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

Meanwhile, the industrial revolution took off in New England, drawing workers from farms to the factories, including women.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026

The British businessman made what sounded like a perfectly innocent offer, inviting the Soviets to send a delegation of government officials to Britain for a friendly tour of British steel mills and factories.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin