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UK
/ˈɪndʌstɹˌi/
]
[ US /ˈɪndəstɹi/ ]
[ US /ˈɪndəstɹi/ ]
NOUN
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the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise
each industry has its own trade publications -
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale
American industry is making increased use of computers to control production -
persevering determination to perform a task
frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues
his diligence won him quick promotions
How To Use industry In A Sentence
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- Neither of them sugar-coat the ups and down of working in the industry, but they will open your eyes a great deal about the false assumptions that you're making.
- There is a lot of manufacturing industry in the Midlands.
- But whether the industry can absorb all the qualified architects is a moot point.
- There are no problems, either, in regard to fuels and lubricants, that is, in the refining industry. The Speech
- The study predicted that, by 2022, the country would still require $7.2 billion in foreign aid a year—and that assumes an upsurge of so-far inexistent mining-industry revenue and no dramatic deterioration of security. Afghanistan Seeks Enduring Support
- Another group of supervisors from light manufacturing industry are undertaking a conversion course to catering supervisor.
- The Government should give industry a lead in tackling racism .
- He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take.
- On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS