as in effort
attentive and persistent effort
he isn't the smartest kid in class, but he gets the best grades by determined industry
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Recent Examples of industry
The garment industry accounts for a large portion of Bangladesh’s economy, earning around $50 billion in exports in 2024, according to the Export Promotion Bureau.
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
These filmmakers rejected the commercial, formulaic productions of the mainstream industry, instead embracing a more authentic portrayal of social realities.
—Ali Farahmand, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
The annual conference is the industry’s most prominent venue to show off its new products.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
The evolving cost landscape adds to the existing headwinds facing the media industry: Pay-TV subscribers are fleeing for streaming options.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 May 2025
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Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 23 May 2025
These filmmakers rejected the commercial, formulaic productions of the mainstream industry, instead embracing a more authentic portrayal of social realities.
—Ali Farahmand, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
The annual conference is the industry’s most prominent venue to show off its new products.
—Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 23 May 2025
The evolving cost landscape adds to the existing headwinds facing the media industry: Pay-TV subscribers are fleeing for streaming options.
—Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for industry
Noun
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The legal fight over these firings is a test of Trump's efforts to take control of agencies meant by Congress to be independent from the president.—
John Kruzel,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The vast majority of Customer Success leaders (89%) are making scale and efficiency a primary goal of their efforts, according to a survey of research conducted by Gainsight.—
Stephen Diorio,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
Noun
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But now, with the fiscal situation back in the spotlight, more diligence could be warranted.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Katie Woo covers these Cards for The Athletic with diligence and care, even when the going gets tough.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Some customers will feel comfortable booking a trip using a mobile application.—
Miguel McInnis,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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The Front Page Highlights Trump Pardoned Tax Cheat After Mother Attended $1 Million Dinner Paul Walczak’s pardon application cited his mother’s support for the president, including raising millions of dollars and a connection to a plot to publicize a Biden family diary.—
Kenneth P. Vogel Aaron Boxerman Christina Jewett Lydia DePillis,
New York Times,
28 May 2025
Noun
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Your commitment will require endurance, grace, and persistence.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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By doing this, Els revealed the persistence of a parallel Afrikaner consciousness that remembers Apartheid not with shame, but with pride and nostalgia.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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These indestructible treasures have always been buried in matter, awaiting the invention of scanning electron microscopes and scientists with enough assiduity to spend decades on end peering into their atomic eyes.—
Virginia Heffernan,
WIRED,
21 Mar. 2023
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Lee is hardly the first biographer to be wooed by the allure of her subject; to risk being squashed by the weight of her research; or to concede that, despite her assiduity, much will elude her grasp.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2021
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“Industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/industry. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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