industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 
industrialized; industrializing
: to make industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
: to become industrial
Examples of industrialize in a Sentence
The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.
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But industrializing such breakthroughs often takes decades.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
As the Northeast industrialized, agriculture moved west, eastern forests returned, and wildlife made a comeback.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
But as societies industrialized and began widely burning fossil fuels in the 19th century, greenhouse gases built up in the atmosphere, trapping heat and transforming Earth and its climate in many ways besides raising global temperatures.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
This reduces one of many outdated roadblocks on the path toward building new factories and industrializing America.
—Richard Stern, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
As the Northeast industrialized, agriculture moved west, eastern forests returned, and wildlife made a comeback.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 7 Oct. 2025
But as societies industrialized and began widely burning fossil fuels in the 19th century, greenhouse gases built up in the atmosphere, trapping heat and transforming Earth and its climate in many ways besides raising global temperatures.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2025
This reduces one of many outdated roadblocks on the path toward building new factories and industrializing America.
—Richard Stern, Boston Herald, 14 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for industrialize
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industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ˌlīz
industrialized; industrializing
: to make or become industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
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