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


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Ann Keen was 17 and working in a toilet roll factory in Ewloe, Flintshire, when she was asked out by a handsome salesman.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

In August, Madison Huang visited LG Electronics’ robotics data factory in Seoul after the South Korean company announced plans for a humanoid robot using Nvidia’s robotic model.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

Innovafeed breeds black soldier flies in a factory in northern France and turns the larvae into an ingredient for fish feed and other products.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 29, 2026

“By building them in a factory, we have better quality control, better understanding of the costs and better consistency,” Stein said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

"We have to bring our Clue-berry ice cream to the factory!"

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene

“If we do something else, the factories will leave,” Lafon says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

Their small size makes them easier to cool and shut down if issues arise, and they can be built in factories in a fraction of the time it takes to build a full-sized reactor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

The companies also plan to deepen their work together across AI factories, CPUs, networking, open models, data processing and robotics, they said in a press release.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

An MP has called on the government to be "as transparent as they can be" about protection for drone factories in the UK.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Because of this, factories in the North and the Midwest suffered an immediate and extreme labor shortage.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler




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