industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdə-strē-ə-ˌlīz 
industrialized; industrializing
: to make industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
: to become industrial
Examples of industrialize in a Sentence
The government hopes to industrialize some of the agricultural regions.
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Because if India can industrialize by moving more directly into electricity, powered increasingly by solar, batteries and modern electric technologies, then emerging economies may no longer have to choose between poverty and pollution, or between development now and cleanup later.
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Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Data from Recorded Future shows exactly how industrialized these operations have become across the global market.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Stripped of its holy residents, the abbey took on a new life as the headquarters of a company that mined the local iron ore, which was destined for the infrastructure of a rapidly industrializing Europe.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Rather than panic, organizations industrialized the defense.
—Evan Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
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Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Data from Recorded Future shows exactly how industrialized these operations have become across the global market.
—Ethan Stone, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Stripped of its holy residents, the abbey took on a new life as the headquarters of a company that mined the local iron ore, which was destined for the infrastructure of a rapidly industrializing Europe.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Rather than panic, organizations industrialized the defense.
—Evan Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026
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industrialize
verb
in·dus·tri·al·ize
in-ˈdəs-trē-ə-ˌlīz
industrialized; industrializing
: to make or become industrial
industrialize an agricultural region
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