heavy industry

noun

: the production of goods (such as coal or steel) that are used to make other goods

Examples of heavy industry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adam Scraba, Nvidia’s head of physical AI ecosystem for vision agents, told Fortune that the wide variety of specialized tasks in heavy industry, coupled with the need for highly accurate models, presents one of the field’s hardest challenges. — Wen Shao, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026

Andrews has called for a two-year moratorium on data center construction in South Carolina, pitching the pause as a chance for public policy to catch up to the fast-growing, resource-heavy industry. — Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2026

But in the early aughts, with the remaining heavy industry in deep retreat, and a fragile recovery threatened by the Great Recession, the city craved a new economic engine. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 29 Oct. 2026

The culprit there isn’t population growth or heavy industry, at least not in the way most people think of it. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for heavy industry

• interindustry