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industries

NOUN

manufacturing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business commerce corporation management production trade

STRONG

manufactory mob monopoly outfit traffic

WEAK

big business commercial enterprise megacorp multinational

Antonyms

WEAK

idleness indolence laziness lethargy unemployment worthlessness

NOUN

hard work

Synonyms

STRONGEST

activity energy enterprise labor

STRONG

application assiduity attention care determination diligence dynamism effort intentness inventiveness pains patience perseverance persistence tirelessness toil vigor zeal

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness inactivity indolence laziness

STRONG

apathy disregard hesitation ignorance indifference lethargy neglect negligence

WEAK

unemployment worthlessness

Example Sentences

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But while the majority of the surge was contained to energy and energy-adjacent industries, the data indicated inflation is spreading to other parts of the economy.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

In the seven-week steel strike of 1952, some 600,000 steelworkers and 1.4 million workers in related industries were idled.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Beck hails from the southern tip of New Zealand, a country whose dominant industries are dairy products and tourism.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

A subsequent statement from the Élysée Palace struck a more mournful note, saying that the leaders had expressed "regrets" that the industries involved hadn't been able to make it work.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

But these were phenomena of the pre-industrial era, before the flowering of the industries whose products were to pervade the environment of almost every living thing.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson