growth industry
noun
: a business that has become increasingly popular or profitable
also
: an interest or activity that is increasingly popular or trendy
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Roustan acknowledges that the wooden hockey stick market is not a growth industry and, at best, production will hold steady.
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Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Much of that work is getting private and public funding, even in a time when government spending on science is drying up, because the discoveries could fuel quantum computing, which is widely viewed as a potential growth industry over the next few decades.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Jim Cramer has long said cybersecurity is a secular growth industry because data is the new gold, and hackers want their hands all over it.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
In recent decades, predicting the future of everything has become a growth industry, especially in politics.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Much of that work is getting private and public funding, even in a time when government spending on science is drying up, because the discoveries could fuel quantum computing, which is widely viewed as a potential growth industry over the next few decades.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 28 Sep. 2025
Jim Cramer has long said cybersecurity is a secular growth industry because data is the new gold, and hackers want their hands all over it.
—Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
In recent decades, predicting the future of everything has become a growth industry, especially in politics.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
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“Growth industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/growth%20industry. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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