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


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Abuja is also drawing longtime Lagos players, including Chinwe Ezenwa, a handbag designer who opened a second factory in the capital in 2021.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

From wafting tar pits and smells of the beach to native plants and a chocolate factory, our readers smelled Los Angeles and told us about it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Technicians troubleshoot problems with factory machinery, fixing hiccups that could jam up production of backlogged 737 MAX jets.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Tesla’s sales have likely been impacted by its decision to stop selling a pair of luxury cars earlier this year in order to make room in its Fremont, Calif., factory to produce humanoids robots.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

The male technicians at the factory were angry.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It marks a win for the U.S. plane maker after years of crises, including two fatal crashes and concerns over the quality of the work performed at its factories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

In China, WS Game tells factories what it wants, and asks them to make the idea a reality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Healey also used his speech to announce that Rolls-Royce will invest an extra £300m into its British factories in Derby, in Bristol, in Glasgow and in Rotherham.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

Elsewhere in his speech, Healey repeated his promises to re-industrialise the country and said Rolls Royce would invest £300m more into its British factories in Derby, Bristol, Glasgow and Rotherham.

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

He achieved such astonishing speed records that he was promoted to superintendent, and then went into the contracting business for himself, building bridges, canals, industrial towns, and factories.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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