industrial

Definition of industrialnext
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 Faraday Future is building a robot specifically designed for industrial work, called Faber, but the Master and Futurist models can fill many roles, Chen said. Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 Ukraine has successfully struck Russian cities, energy infrastructure, industrial base targets, logistics nodes, and military bases without incurring a nuclear response from the Kremlin. Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026 While the sports industrial complex has largely been immune from America’s trust crisis, new concerns over betting’s influence on game integrity are not only worrying fans like Brannock, but also league officials. Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026 The major consulting firms are also helping their clients implement similar AI tools and the enterprise sales teams of AI companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Mistral are also looking to snag industrial customers. Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for industrial
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  • This physical separation prevents signal interference and mechanical abrasion between heavy power lines, sensitive data channels, and fluid hoses.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The company said its new 50,000-metric-ton plant in Qidong, China, produced its first commercial batches of Xatryx bioTHF and bioPTMEG in August, roughly four months after reaching mechanical completion.
    Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
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  • The company also uses technology to move brands away from what Anderson calls manufactured moments, the single day a year set aside for a cause before the conversation disappears again.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
  • The twister shoved a porch several feet from its manufactured home, according to the report.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026

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“Industrial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/industrial. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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