sweatshop

noun

Definition of sweatshopnext
as in factory

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Recent Examples of sweatshop Meanwhile, Miranda has gone viral too, in the bad way, for publishing a piece about a fashion brand since revealed to use sweatshop labor. — Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 30 Apr. 2026 At the same time, Priestly’s magazine gets embroiled in a sweatshop scandal that does a number on their PR. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2026 And a scandal that sees Runway fooled by (LOL) a fast fashion brand with sweatshop ties as tarnished the mag’s sterling reputation. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 29 Apr. 2026 After the magazine unwittingly publishes a laudatory profile of a label soon after revealed to be a sweatshop, Runway chair Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), in PR crisis mode, hires Andrea to run the features department. — Jake Coyle, Twin Cities, 29 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweatshop
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweatshop
  1. factory
  2. plant
  3. mill
  4. works
  5. workshop
Noun
  • The uptick in earnings came as factory-gate prices rose at their fastest pace since mid-2022, driven by higher energy and raw material prices amid the Middle East conflict.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The price of computers and smartphones would skyrocket as electronic manufacturers idled their factories.
    — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of factory
Noun
  • Eco effort 100% solar and wind power (with diesel generator backup), water desalination plant onsite; local materials used in the renovation.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Developed by researchers at the University of Central Florida (UCF), the approach could help nuclear plants operate alongside solar and wind farms, whose electricity production changes with weather conditions and the time of day.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of plant
Noun
  • The county grew around textile mills and mill villages, where generations of families often lived and worked close together and community life revolved around the same neighborhoods.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Ix said the partnership allows the mill to source cotton grown with less water and develop more regenerative products for its customers.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of mill
Noun
  • See his portraits—and relive the concert’s joyous celebration of one of musical theater’s most groundbreaking and influential works—below.
    — Vogue, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Sam Wasson, one of Hollywood’s preeminent historians and biographers, has published searching books on the lives and works of Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Mazursky, Blake Edwards and Roman Polanski.
    — Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of works
Noun
  • On the youth side, the TIFF Teens filmmaking workshop marks its 10th anniversary this year.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Uppity takes inspiration from Bikini Kill, the feminist rock band who spearheaded the riot grrrl movement, a network of punk rockers challenging misogyny through music, zines and workshops in the 1990s Pacific north-west scene.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of workshop

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