the Industrial Revolution
noun
: the major social and economic changes that occurred in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when new machinery, new sources of power, and new ways of manufacturing products were developed
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Suddenly, the Industrial Revolution becomes not a mistake but a miracle.
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Dec. 2025
James Watt’s steam engine launched the Industrial Revolution in 1769.
—Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
Artificial intelligence is the most impactful technological development of our time—more impactful than computers or the internet and, perhaps, comparable to the Industrial Revolution, but happening on a much faster timescale.
—Geoffrey Hinton, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Though in geologic time, the advent of the Industrial Revolution is only a hair’s breadth removed from our current moment, that’s cold comfort to people born after 9/11.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
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Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 17 Dec. 2025
James Watt’s steam engine launched the Industrial Revolution in 1769.
—Chris Mooney, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
Artificial intelligence is the most impactful technological development of our time—more impactful than computers or the internet and, perhaps, comparable to the Industrial Revolution, but happening on a much faster timescale.
—Geoffrey Hinton, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Though in geologic time, the advent of the Industrial Revolution is only a hair’s breadth removed from our current moment, that’s cold comfort to people born after 9/11.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Industrial Revolution
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“The Industrial Revolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Industrial%20Revolution. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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