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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Her introduction to the service industry was on Massachusetts Street in the ‘80s.
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Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
MovingPlace reported a large influx of working-age people in The Villages, which could be due to job opportunities in the service industry for eldercare, according to the company.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Intended to address restaurant labor shortages and improve efficiency, machinery automating some tasks have shown themselves to be expensive to build and maintain, let alone scale widely across the food service industry.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
She’s worked in the retail, marketing, sales and service industry for a long time and Michael is retired from the Marines.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 2026
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Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
MovingPlace reported a large influx of working-age people in The Villages, which could be due to job opportunities in the service industry for eldercare, according to the company.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2026
Intended to address restaurant labor shortages and improve efficiency, machinery automating some tasks have shown themselves to be expensive to build and maintain, let alone scale widely across the food service industry.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
She’s worked in the retail, marketing, sales and service industry for a long time and Michael is retired from the Marines.
—Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Feb. 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 14 Mar. 2026.
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