Thesaurus results for FACTORIES

factories

noun

plural of factory

as in mills

a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods the new factory will create hundreds of much-needed jobs

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Recent Examples of factories New technology will not help if American factories cannot produce it efficiently. — Rick Lazio, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 The system runs reliably at the high working temperatures already found inside chemical factories. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026 Llusia-Lindh immediately cut out the middlemen, went directly to factories and aspired to make a luxury product while keeping a lid on prices — and giving back. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026 German's Volkswagen has revamped its push into Central Asia this year, announcing in late June that for the first time its China business and factories was leading vehicle exports to another country, in this case Uzbekistan. — Jenny Lee,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 As music factories and generative tools take over entry-level work, newcomers risk losing a vital foothold in the industry. — Ben Croll, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 Here, the fabric’s waterproofing is aided by a light water-repellent finish and thorough internal seam taping, a technical manufacturing process rarely attempted by factories outside of southeast Asia. — Daniel Varghese, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 But this is a tricky process, especially for large structures that won’t fit into an autoclave, a high-pressure thermal curing chamber common in modern aerospace factories. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 In 2013, Rana Plaza, a nine-story building crammed with garment factories outside the capital Dhaka, collapsed killing 1,100 people. — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026

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Just one year after introducing Tencel Lyocell – HV100 to the denim market, Lenzing has already met its sales target and has onboarded nearly 50 mills across 13 countries.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of mills

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The plants extracting the most helium, as of 2023, were located in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma, according to federal data.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Oct. 2026
Rocks and plants The first method measures beryllium-10, an isotope that accumulates in the top few centimeters of rock that is exposed to the sky.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of plants

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The partner set to take over leadership of Weil, Gotshal & Manges has held talks to leave the firm for a rival, a move that would compound ongoing talent drain at one of Wall Street’s top dealmaking and restructuring shops.

— Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Shopkeepers boarded up windows while others opened temporarily and endured a nervous Saturday afternoon, after around 3,000 shops were damaged or looted last weekend.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026