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factory

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


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A bank of white freezers hums away at a former watch factory in central London.

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

While factory employment is on the rise, a shift toward high-tech automation is creating roles with greater barriers to entry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Marcus Reed, the operations director at home fragrance manufacturer Wax Lyrical, said his factory and shop in Lyndal, Cumbria would be without power until Tuesday evening.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Swift is part of a broader shift in America’s factory landscape, reports Konrad Putzier.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The night bombers took off in a line three minutes after each other—just like a factory production line.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

It has already worked with its partners to shut three factories, helping to cut its production capacity in the country to roughly four million vehicles, from five million a few years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026

The company does its production in modular factories that can be built in six months and set up wherever the weapons are needed, which could be battlefields, military bases or test sites.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

While nearby making an appearance at a convention, King noticed Asher’s chocolate in her hotel room and detoured to one of its factories in July 2025.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

He remarked that it took him 30 minutes to find parking for his plane in the capital Abuja recently, saying he wished the "place was full of factories, not private jets".

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Equally important, this concept required a spaceship so large—three hundred thousand pounds—that the nation’s existing factories, railroads, highways, and ships wouldn’t be able to transport the parts required to put it together.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson


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