manufacture
noun
the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.
manufacturing
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present participleof manufacture.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
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a word derived from
manufacture.
manufacturenounthe making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.
Example Sentences
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Jersey City was a booming industrial hub in the 19th and 20th centuries, with manufacturing plants for toothpaste-maker Colgate and the American Can Company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
The cyber attack in September 2025 led to the shut down of all manufacturing at JLR for several weeks, meaning not a single vehicle rolled off its production lines.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
“Physical AI is here, and it is going to unlock economic value across logistics, manufacturing and healthcare,” Hoffmann-Burchard said in a recent note.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
The overall cost of the cyber-attack and the subsequent loss of manufacturing was estimated to be £1.9bn.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
There is another reason why manufacturing jobs have declined, one that has to do with the nature of the US economy itself.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
