MANUFACTURING Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words

manufacturing

verb

present participle of manufacture

as in producing

to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials the company manufactures appliances and electronics

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as in devising

to create or think of by clever use of the imagination he manufactured some story about how his car broke down and he was unable to call home and let anyone know that he would be late

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Recent Examples of manufacturing Sila has reached a manufacturing milestone for its silicon-carbon anode technology. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026 In contrast, so far in 2026, manufacturing job growth has offset those losses and more. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2026 But on August 10, RoboStore announced a major shift in its business strategy with plans to fully open a 66,000-square-foot facility for manufacturing commercial robots by the first fiscal quarter of 2027. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2026 Under the plan, Pakistani textile and denim manufacturing company, Artistic Milliners, will establish a manufacturing unit with an investment of more than $18 million, incorporating vertical integration and green technologies. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026 Unbundling those vaccines and manufacturing new ones could raise costs and increase the chance that children miss doses. — Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 20 Aug. 2026 This shifts manufacturing intelligence from periodic reporting to continuous awareness. — Claudio Laterreur, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026 Democrats see an opportunity to win this cycle in once-competitive Iowa, where high costs, health clinic closures, manufacturing job losses and a struggling agricultural economy weigh on voters. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026 Last January, Badelle received an additional sentence of two years and eight months for manufacturing a deadly weapon by a prisoner, the CDCR said. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

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After remaining at -13°F for 168 hours, the hydrogel continued producing repeatable electrical signals when exposed to movements such as finger bending and fingertip pressing.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
Although far from perfect, AI systems are getting much better at producing clean, reliable code.

— Cheryl Johnson, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

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Now, researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have thwarted that tyranny even more profoundly, by devising an ultra-fast way to steer light, using light itself as the steering wheel.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
Now Iran’s hardline leadership is devising and promoting its own strategy for continued confrontation with Washington.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of devising

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Whenever the veteran coach looked at game film, Scott always seemed to be there making a big throw or run.

— Stan Awtrey, AJC.com, 20 Aug. 2026
The Moon enters Sagittarius and your 11th House of Friends, Groups, and Future Plans, making teamwork, invitations, and shared goals more active.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of making

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Israel's Ministry of Construction and Housing issued a tender for constructing several compounds with more than 1,200 homes in total in an open tract of land east of Jerusalem.

— Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Klausner modeled the show’s intricate plotting on Curb Your Enthusiasm, constructing separate stories that would dovetail at the end of an episode.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of constructing

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His great-great-grandfather, Antonio Cansino, was widely credited with inventing modern-day Spanish dance.

— Hannah Vanbiber, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Whether inventing the Bong-a-Tron or freeing themselves after hours trapped inside a Party City parking lot, these misadventures almost always hinge on weed.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of inventing

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For decades, Canada Goose ducked out of designing summer clothing.

— Kyle MacNeill, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2026
The lawsuit accuses Meta of contributing to the youth mental health crisis by knowingly and deliberately designing features that addict children to its platforms and hide these harms from the public.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

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