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manufactory

noun

ˌman-yə-ˈfak-t(ə-)rē

Definition of manufactory

as in factory

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods recent years have seen a tremendous growth in manufactories all along the river

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Recent Examples of manufactory Founded in Vienna in 1718, Augarten is Europe’s second-oldest porcelain manufactory, and each piece is still made entirely by hand in the same historic building. — Angela Tafoya, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2026 British spectacle maker Cubitts has opened The Yard, its new headquarters and optical manufactory in King’s Cross, London. — Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 25 June 2026 The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland. — Chris Gardner For The Hollywood Reporter, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2025 The very nineteenth-century manufactories that Marx described—with a different worker manually forging, shaping, and finishing metal in a long line to produce a product for sale—were still in operation on the streets of Naples. — Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 For guests interested in Vienna’s living craft legacy, the hotel can arrange visits to artisans and ateliers around the city, including Bösendorfer pianos and Augarten, a 300-year-old porcelain manufactory. — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024

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Workers have faced this bargain before More than a century ago, factory managers faced a similar problem.

— Christoph Trattner, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Meuser’s seat is considered safe, but other races in the state are up for grabs, including in the 7th and 8th districts, which are near the Post and Trivium factories.

— Bernard Condon, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of factory

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Selvedge is now synonymous with premium denim worldwide, and the mills of Okayama supply fabric to high-end jeans makers far beyond Japan, for garments selling at hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

— Matt Alt, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
The retreat in mill buying may have been a factor that sent prices lower, but there could be other influences.

— SJ Guest Editorial, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

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Workers are organizing at manufacturing plants, in newsrooms, in technology, in hospitals, on college campuses, and construction sites.

— Liz Shuler, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
The precise air quality impact is hard to gauge since regulators could decide to simply stretch out rules that limit some natural gas plants to 30 hours of operation per year, as opposed to canceling the restraints altogether.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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