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Recent Examples of industry
This is poised to be one of the biggest beauty trends to come out of 2025, with a 1,400 percent year-over-year increase in popularity, per Spate, a company specializing in machine intelligence for the beauty industry.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Because shares of passive funds are bought and sold as a full package, at enormous volumes, the stocks within the funds move up or down together — rather than because one company or industry is thriving or struggling.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025
Under Soviet rule, Dnipro had been a hub of the USSR’s military and space industries and a closed high security city with restricted access.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Nearly 15,000 Recording Academy voting members which include artists, songwriters, producers and engineers who are active in the music industry are eligible to vote.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2025
Because shares of passive funds are bought and sold as a full package, at enormous volumes, the stocks within the funds move up or down together — rather than because one company or industry is thriving or struggling.
—Mark Dent, HubSpot, 7 Nov. 2025
Under Soviet rule, Dnipro had been a hub of the USSR’s military and space industries and a closed high security city with restricted access.
—Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
Nearly 15,000 Recording Academy voting members which include artists, songwriters, producers and engineers who are active in the music industry are eligible to vote.
—Melonee Hurt, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for industry
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Even as federal funding resumes, local colleges, businesses and nonprofits are joining county agencies in maintaining relief efforts for as long as Sacramento-area residents need them.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The first Black cemetery in Tarrant County, home to the remains of more than 500 veterans, was rededicated on Veterans Day after a months-long restoration effort.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Nov. 2025
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Authorities urged diligence, especially for parents with their children.—
Nathaniel Percy,
Oc Register,
7 Nov. 2025
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The CFOs surveyed, however, tend to focus on tactical tasks, such as diligence packs, audit-ready financials.—
Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
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Microsoft President Brad Smith speaks at a press conference at the Representation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia about future visions for the development and application of artificial intelligence in education in NRW in Berlin on June 4, 2025.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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In the capital, Caracas, CNN took a rare look at the application.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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The persistence of terrorism in Nigeria, whose northern states abut the West African Sahel region, has strategic implications for the country and beyond if the trend is not reversed and decisively crushed.—
Kingsley Moghalu,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The study’s insights could help scientists model pollutant persistence and even engineer better cleanup materials inspired by these minerals.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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These indestructible treasures have always been buried in matter, awaiting the invention of scanning electron microscopes and scientists with enough assiduity to spend decades on end peering into their atomic eyes.—
Virginia Heffernan,
WIRED,
21 Mar. 2023
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Lee is hardly the first biographer to be wooed by the allure of her subject; to risk being squashed by the weight of her research; or to concede that, despite her assiduity, much will elude her grasp.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2021
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“Industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/industry. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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