as in factories
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods
a workshop for making high-end furniture
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Recent Examples of workshops
New this season are nomad-style cooking workshops, starlit movies for younger campers, and sunrise hawk walks.
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Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The nonprofit Pride Center of Terre Haute, a largely volunteer operation, hosts local Pride events, connects people with resources and provides educational information and workshops.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 16 Sep. 2025
The museum also held workshops on weaving motankas (traditional Ukrainian rag dolls) and a blacksmithing festival.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
In addition to panels and workshops, Industry Connect, the event’s signature one-on-one meetings with industry leaders and experts, will be held on both days.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
But online, people can’t get the workshops Nanos teaches or ask her advice about which scale to choose.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Ochoa dreams of attending workshops in this town to grow his craft.
—Monica Navarro, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
But speaking fees, consulting, and workshops often brought in much more.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The neighborhood center needs volunteers to help ELL students practice English, to prepare evening meals, help set up and assist the Food Market, facilitate workshops and more.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
Katharina Kotrba, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
The nonprofit Pride Center of Terre Haute, a largely volunteer operation, hosts local Pride events, connects people with resources and provides educational information and workshops.
—Cate Charron, IndyStar, 16 Sep. 2025
The museum also held workshops on weaving motankas (traditional Ukrainian rag dolls) and a blacksmithing festival.
—Yegor Mostovshikov, The Dial, 9 Sep. 2025
In addition to panels and workshops, Industry Connect, the event’s signature one-on-one meetings with industry leaders and experts, will be held on both days.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Sep. 2025
But online, people can’t get the workshops Nanos teaches or ask her advice about which scale to choose.
—Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2025
Ochoa dreams of attending workshops in this town to grow his craft.
—Monica Navarro, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
But speaking fees, consulting, and workshops often brought in much more.
—Roger Dooley, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The neighborhood center needs volunteers to help ELL students practice English, to prepare evening meals, help set up and assist the Food Market, facilitate workshops and more.
—Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workshops
Noun
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This era saw the rise of factories and reduction in agrarian economy.—
Ankit Pathak,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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By reducing construction timelines by as much as 70 percent and standardizing production across regional factories, ARCbuild seeks to enable developers to build communities specifically designed for first-time buyers.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In recent years, the French Broad has evolved from a source of industry, with paper mills and coal plants along its corridor, to more of a source of recreation.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Florida, the Heritage Monitoring Scouts visit archaeological sites, including cemeteries, forts and mills, to record any impacts after extreme weather events.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
15 Sep. 2025
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Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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The addition of an Emerging Artist Competition—sponsored by the Art in Black Foundation—will provide national recognition and cash awards to rising talent, with winning works featured during the summit itself.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
17 Sep. 2025
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To improve crop health and sustainability, Hawkes studies how plants, their fungal residents, and such stressors interact.—
Anna Marija Helt,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Sep. 2025
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Traditionally, retailers order their remaining holiday goods for a late August/September arrival before manufacturing plants close to celebrate October’s Golden Week in China.—
Lori Ann LaRocco,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Big brands and small shops have been trying to absorb the costs, but consumers’ luck with prices appears to have run out.—
Jordan Valinsky,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Florist mums are annuals, and they are often found inside grocery stores and florist shops wrapped in foil.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Workshops.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/workshops. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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