manufacture
noun
the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale.
was manufacturing
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past progressiveof manufacture.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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One sector that saw a modest bump was manufacturing - a gain the Canadian government attributes to consumers and businesses buying more made-in-Canada products.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
One of Whitney’s next ventures was manufacturing muskets for the federal government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
And by 1987, after other researchers in the field had published additional research on statins, Merck was manufacturing the first licensed statin.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2024
Search warrants at the home of Huu Can Tran uncovered weapons, ammunition and items that led officials to suspect he was manufacturing firearm suppressors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
The stove Orr was manufacturing out of an inverted metal drum stood in the middle of the smooth cement floor he had constructed.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
