- plural of factory.
factories
Example Sentences
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Farmers sought new markets for their crops, and auto factories needed raw materials.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
Gowen's investigation into Monsanto - which had factories in Newport and Wrexham - found it had been producing what he had called "some of the worst contaminants known to man" in the 1960s and '70s.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Ethiopia has been manufacturing drones at two factories since last year and is now thought to have a fleet of thousands, analysts say, giving the government an edge against its multiple insurgent enemies.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Falling exports deprive Tehran of the hard currency it needs to support the rial and pay for imports, including raw materials for factories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026
Successive waves of immigrants filled its factories, working for little above minimum wage as they cut, sewed, and hustled the garments into trucks to carry across the country.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
