manufacture
noun
the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.
nonmanufacturing
-
a word derived from
manufacture.
Example Sentences
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China’s official nonmanufacturing PMI, which covers both service and construction activity, rose to 50.1 in May after tumbling to contractionary territory last month.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 31, 2026
China’s official May manufacturing and nonmanufacturing PMIs are due Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
The nonmanufacturing PMI, covering service and construction activity, declined to 49.4 in April, falling into contractionary territory.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 30, 2026
Meanwhile, China’s nonmanufacturing PMI, which covers both service and construction activity, also bounced back to growth territory, rising to 50.1 from 49.5 in February.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026
The imports cover the wide range to be expected in a nonmanufacturing, agricultural country in the tropics.
From Santo Domingo A Country with a Future by Otto Schoenrich
