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Recent Examples of manufactory
The timepiece continues to be hand-crafted in Porsche’s watch manufactory in Solothurn, Switzerland.
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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
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
These startlingly realistic vessels and objects sculpted or painted (or both) to mimic flora and fauna are seemingly everywhere, whether in the form of vintage pieces, those from traditional manufactories or collections created by a new wave of young makers.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
The designer clothing website Matches now offers a garden’s worth of veggie earthenware from the 139-year-old Portuguese ceramics manufactory Bordallo Pinheiro, including plates that look like ragwort leaves, each affixed with a high relief ladybug.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Handcrafted at Porsche’s watch manufactory in Switzerland, the Chronograph 718 Spyder RS has a sleek, aerodynamic design and precise technical details inspired by its Boxster twin.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
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
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
These startlingly realistic vessels and objects sculpted or painted (or both) to mimic flora and fauna are seemingly everywhere, whether in the form of vintage pieces, those from traditional manufactories or collections created by a new wave of young makers.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
The designer clothing website Matches now offers a garden’s worth of veggie earthenware from the 139-year-old Portuguese ceramics manufactory Bordallo Pinheiro, including plates that look like ragwort leaves, each affixed with a high relief ladybug.
—Alexa Brazilian Mari Maeda and Yuji Oboshi, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2023
Handcrafted at Porsche’s watch manufactory in Switzerland, the Chronograph 718 Spyder RS has a sleek, aerodynamic design and precise technical details inspired by its Boxster twin.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for manufactory
Noun
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Now, a study published in the journal PLOS One reveals how one site in modern-day Israel functioned as an industrial-scale purple dye factory—the only known facility of its kind.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
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The yogurt company on Tuesday announced plans to spend at least $1.2 billion opening a million-square-foot factory in Rome, New York.—
Megan Cerullo,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Across fifteen of the world’s largest economies, from the steel mills of India to the data centres of the United States, business leaders are backing the energy transition.—
María Mendiluce,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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Under a new owner, the steel mill closed permanently in 2012.—
Timothy B. Wheeler,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On Earth, all nuclear power plants operate through nuclear fission: splitting atoms to generate an enormous amount of energy.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Popular alpine plants include Primula, Dianthus, and thyme.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Manufactory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/manufactory. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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