service industry
noun
: a type of business that provides services to customers rather than producing a product
jobs in the service industries
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The service industry and public sector still provide jobs, and there has been hundreds of millions of pounds’ worth of redevelopment.
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Airlines are first and foremost a service industry, and Spirit could not overcome its extraordinarily miserable reputation.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Truly, Ohm is the kind of guy who is guaranteed to ruin anyone’s day, especially kindly service industry professionals who have no choice but to be civil.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
So were some of her other Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) friends from the service industry.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
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Alexander Smith, NBC news, 6 May 2026
Airlines are first and foremost a service industry, and Spirit could not overcome its extraordinarily miserable reputation.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 4 May 2026
Truly, Ohm is the kind of guy who is guaranteed to ruin anyone’s day, especially kindly service industry professionals who have no choice but to be civil.
—ABC News, 29 Apr. 2026
So were some of her other Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) friends from the service industry.
—Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 27 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for service industry
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“Service industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/service%20industry. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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