Example Sentences

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Tanneries use a stew of hazardous chemicals to transform raw hides into leather, she knew, and sometimes left contamination behind.

From Science Magazine • May 16, 2019

Tanneries and pharmaceutical plants are part of the problem, but textile and garment factories, a mainstay of the economy and a crucial source of employment, have the most clout.

From New York Times • Jul. 15, 2013

Sharing a wall with one of the huge Hazaribagh factories are the crumbling rooms of the Taj Mahal Tanneries district high school.

From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2012

Tanning Materials and Dye-stuffs Tanneries are fairly numerous and large quantities of skins are tanned and sold to native boot-makers.

From Notes on Agriculture in Cyprus and Its Products by Bevan, William

Tanneries, vest, stocking and glove weaving and stitching, are the only resources of the place.

From East of Paris Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champagne by Betham-Edwards, Matilda