industry
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But the oil-and-gas industry still accounts for about 13% of the region’s gross product, according to the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
The announcement follows growing pressure from prominent figures in the industry, including executives of OpenAI and Anthropic, to tighten regulation of the technology.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Scourfield said despite the decline of heavy industry and manual work, traditional images of "masculinity" persist for younger men through social media and influencers.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
"Verity," an MGM film starring Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway and Josh Hartnett, took in $32.6 million in its first weekend, industry monitor Exhibitor Relations said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
The modern tourist industry, in the sense of people traveling en masse to a congenial spot and finding lots of diversions awaiting them when they got there, is essentially a White Mountains invention.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
The aerospace and healthcare industries are among the region’s largest employers, with companies such as Boeing employing thousands of people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Miller describes the UK as "more than a political arrangement", saying each helped to develop industries, abolish the slave trade, liberate Europe, and shape the modern world.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Across all industries, job stayers had a 4.4% increase in pay, while job changers had a 7.3% increase, according to ADP data.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Job growth this year has been driven by healthcare and social services, education and retail — industries that the forecast does not expect to remain as strong.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
An age when crime was a fact of life, and entire industries were based on apprehending, trying, and punishing criminals.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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