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[in-duh-stree] / ˈɪn də stri /




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Iceland’s fishing industry wants to keep full national control over fisheries management, including the ability to determine catch levels, fishing grounds and rules on foreign investment.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

A template was then set up for other Instagrammers to take advantage, going on to encompass buzzy topics like East Asian rappers, the use of A.I. in the insurance industry, and the Himalayas.

From Slate Aug. 28, 2026

In a city that had manifested an entire industry out of rewriting stories, I wondered whether the secret was simply to write a new one for myself.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 2026

Anthropic and rival OpenAI released their most powerful models this year, known as Claude Mythos and Sol respectively, boosting concerns across the industry about safety and security.

From Barron's Aug. 28, 2026

The vuvv happily sold their knowledge to captains of industry in exchange for rights to the Earth’s electromagnetic energy fields and some invisible quantum events.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

Even after a quarter-century of declining paper markets, forestry and related manufacturing remain among the region’s largest industries and employers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

A government spokesperson told the BBC that, while "digital replicas can be a powerful tool, including for the creative industries," there was also possibility for harm.

From BBC Aug. 28, 2026

“We don’t let other industries design products with embedded fire hazards and walk away when they fail. Vape companies shouldn’t get a pass either,” said Tony Hackett, a policy associate at Californians Against Waste.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

The advance could eventually make the alloy, which is widely used in aerospace applications and may have uses in other industries, printable on more common commercial equipment.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 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




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