manufacture
noun
the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.
have manufactured
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present perfectof manufacture.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Rancheria leaders said their opponents have manufactured the controversy for a less honorable reason: to block what would be a sparkling new competitor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023
Mr. Damman testified that G.M. would have manufactured the truck and supplied all of the engineering and technology, while Nikola contributed some of the design and marketing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 14, 2022
"We're very proud of the skills of the craftsmen and women of Birmingham who have manufactured these items with care over many, many, many years."
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2022
Emergent BioSolutions announced last week the termination of its $600 million contract with the U.S. government under which the Maryland company would have manufactured millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 10, 2021
They either give a true relation of these things, or they have manufactured a series of falsehoods.
From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Robert Patterson
