as in mechanical
of or relating to manufacture performed by humans or machines rather than natural processes
They utilize industrial practices to produce large quantities of material. The late 1700s gave rise to an industrial boom.
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Recent Examples of industrial
The analysts kept their overweight buy rating, citing the industrial gas and engineering giant's tremendous pricing power.
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Reliable energy is essential to deliver massive housing development on Staten Island’s North Shore, remake the blighted industrial Willets Point area, and transform the Brooklyn Marine Terminal.
—Linda Baran, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
The Chamber of Commerce helped expand our port and industrial base.
—Mark Anthony Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2025
This new research adds lung cancer to the growing list of serious health concerns associated with the modern industrial diet.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
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Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2025
Reliable energy is essential to deliver massive housing development on Staten Island’s North Shore, remake the blighted industrial Willets Point area, and transform the Brooklyn Marine Terminal.
—Linda Baran, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
The Chamber of Commerce helped expand our port and industrial base.
—Mark Anthony Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2025
This new research adds lung cancer to the growing list of serious health concerns associated with the modern industrial diet.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for industrial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for industrial
mechanical
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Driving through deep water can also affect a vehicle's mechanical and electrical systems.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Aug. 2025
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Born in 1934, the nonagenarian Kurt Klaus is one of the most important watchmakers from the golden age of 20th-century mechanical horology.—
Oren Hartov,
Robb Report,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Industrial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/industrial. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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