workshops

noun

plural of workshop
as in factories
a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods a workshop for making high-end furniture

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Recent Examples of workshops The Florida Immigrant Coalition has been holding community workshops explaining a number of immigration issues including the bond process. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026 Extra credit The store calendar is packed with CPR classes, story times, music sessions, book clubs, and parenting workshops. — Kelly Aiglon, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Local Color, which has grown dramatically in its 11-year history, connects artists with creative opportunities (like many of the murals beautifying San Jose), as well as running workshops, providing studio space and exhibition galleries. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 So far, about 1,000 people have attended Techtonic workshops. — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026 All of Filmland’s screenings, workshops and panels will take place at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA). — Marlow Stern, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026 The workshops include all ingredients and participants learn skills such as cutting and folding meats, placement and spacing for jams and honeys. — Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2026 Though the institute will host its workshops in New York, fellows can participate remotely or in person. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 29 July 2026 In the Renaissance, great artists would open their own workshops and develop younger talent by holding them to their master’s standard. — Elias Stahl, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for workshops
  1. factories
  2. mills
  3. works
  4. plants
  5. shops
Noun
  • In Salisbury, which has become a hub for Haitians who work in nearby factories and farms, ICE recently started detaining people in parking lots and other areas immigrants frequent, according to Fouché of Safe Harbor Circles.
    — Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • That’s due to tougher rules on factories, power plants and vehicles that began when Ronald Reagan was governor, along with smog-check requirements for motorists, cleaner-burning diesel and gasoline blends and incentives for electric vehicles.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of factories
Noun
  • In 1811 and 1812, English weavers began breaking into mills at night and destroying the frames.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The Fanjuls controlled 10 mills in Cuba before Castro seized their holdings.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of mills
Noun
  • Ellis’ other works include Less Than Zero and American Psycho.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The concept started as a way to give artists a forum for selling their works and bringing the community together during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of works
Noun
  • Data centers use enormous amounts of energy, and Quincy has some of the lowest power rates in the country generated by two public hydroelectrical plants on the Columbia River, the largest river in the Pacific Northwest.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
  • These vines will also happily wind their way around tree trunks and shrubs and fix themselves in place with small rootlets that take on a hairy appearance as poison ivy plants mature.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of plants
Noun
  • The original location was recently named one of the best slice shops in the country and its creators were named among the top pizzamakers in the world to watch.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2026
  • SoCal is home to three shops, and Denver is the first out-of-state location.
    — Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of shops

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