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industry

[in-duh-stree] / ˈɪn də stri /




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Renée Saldaña, a spokesperson for SEIU-UHW, characterized the lawsuit against the initiative as “a really desperate attempt by the clinic industry to try and avoid accountability.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Ruby said company finances seesaw because coal is a “boom and bust” industry.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

Interest has accelerated as the tech industry touts the technology as a solution to the electricity demands of artificial intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

"We have to look at a genuine just transition and a genuine future for folk in Aberdeen that means diversifying the economy - not hanging on to a sunset industry," she says.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

This territory contained a quarter of Russia’s population, a third of its agricultural land, and about half of its heavy industry.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman




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