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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Robots of all shapes and sizes can be seen in many places in China, from hotels to shopping centres and in factories.

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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Lee also announced plans to build other AI infrastructure hubs outside of Seoul, where most of the country's advanced factories are currently concentrated.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

The yellow bus rumbled through a tumbledown section of town, an industrial no-man’s-land of railroad tracks, warehouses, and empty factories with broken windows and rusted steel roofs.

From "Eleven" by Tom Rogers