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sweatshops

noun

plural of sweatshop

as in factories

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The five-day World Humanoid Robot Games, which began Saturday in Beijing, combine events modeled on human sports with those designed to test the robots in simulated factories, restaurants and offices and in emergency situations.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026
This essentially proves the design, factories, assembly procedures, and qualification processes are ready for serial conversion of the rest of the stockpile.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of factories

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Disrupting the flow across the US-Canada border will cost US jobs, both for the auto parts industry and at assembly plants, according to experts.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
The shortage of cattle also has left beef processing plants operating below capacity.

— John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

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Later that month, the same court ruled to uphold the EPA’s extension of deadlines for steel mills to comply with certain hazardous emissions standards.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026
In the 1200s, Italian papermakers developed a technology to add subtle, distinctive markings to the paper that came from their individual mills.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of mills

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Such Chinese characters were inscribed or stamped on most of the hundreds of thousands of works made during the Chinese monarch’s rule in the 18th century.

— Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, has announced a raft of new acquisitions, including works by artists entering the collection for the first time.

— News Desk, Artforum, 20 Aug. 2026

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