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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Across the food service industry, several companies are working to integrate robotics into everyday operations.
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
For those working in the service industry or who own a small business, depositing cash can be a hurdle with an online-only provider, but seamless at a local bank branch or through an Interactive Teller Machine, such as Arvest’s ATM with Live Teller.
—Barbara White, Kansas City Star, 12 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
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Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 20 Mar. 2026
For those working in the service industry or who own a small business, depositing cash can be a hurdle with an online-only provider, but seamless at a local bank branch or through an Interactive Teller Machine, such as Arvest’s ATM with Live Teller.
—Barbara White, Kansas City Star, 12 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
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 31 Mar. 2026.
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