How to Use industry in a Sentence

industry

noun
  • She became so popular that a whole industry grew up around her and her image.
  • He favors policies that promote industry.
  • She invested in several large industries.
  • It’s been done in industry for years and years and years.
    Recode Staff, Recode, 12 July 2018
  • But his start in the music industry was far from the norm for most artists.
    Shelby Stewart, Chron, 18 Jan. 2021
  • And with the tourists comes a temporary boost in the industries that serve them.
    Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2017
  • His passing away is a big loss to the world of commerce and industry.
    Swati Gupta and Michelle Toh, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • At the same time, the industry can't just wait for the government to act.
    Emily Parker For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The largest outbreaks in the state have involved workers in the seafood industry.
    Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2020
  • The restaurant industry has always been a house of cards.
    Andy Wang, Robb Report, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Oregon has become a hub for the beer and wine industry.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Next year the city is planning to have a group focused on jobs in the solar industry.
    Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
  • Cause the industry is not about to understand you in any f–king way.
    Hannah Jocelyn, Billboard, 31 Jan. 2023
  • The gas industry is not, at the end of the day, worried about right-wing voters.
    Maxine Joselow, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2023
  • This is how trends are created and is core to how the industry functions.
    Gabby Shacknai, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Some found success in the taxi business and moved on to other industries.
    Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 4 July 2018
  • Since then, the industry has seen a steady increase in complex games.
    Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Some in the industry are looking at this summer as a warning sign.
    Claire Moses, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2020
  • For some time crowdfunding has been a staple of the film industry.
    Josh Wilson, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • The industry knows that women like when products smell nice.
    Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 11 May 2018
  • The salmon industry has long been riding the healthful eating trend.
    Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2019
  • This will give them an option, which is great for my industry.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • Both provide her with the chance to make a lasting impact on the fitness industry.
    Essence, 15 July 2021
  • What have the past few weeks been like in terms of conversations among women in the industry?
    Hannah Smothers, Cosmopolitan, 28 Oct. 2017
  • There are Black folks that have made strides in the cannabis industry, but not nearly enough.
    Michael Arceneaux, Essence.com, 25 May 2018
  • This industry comes with its ups and downs, highs and lows, its chatter, and its noise.
    James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2021
  • And, lucky me, there was an entire industry designed to help me on my way.
    Kim Fusaro, Glamour, 15 Dec. 2018
  • So what gives with the seemingly industry-wide markups?
    Jennifer Van Grove, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 July 2018
  • Health care is one of the industries that has been marked by bouts of consolidation.
    The Economist, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The auto industry is fully aware just how bad the current chip shortage is.
    Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 22 May 2021

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