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garment industry

NOUN
fashion industry
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Second, make work safer, with governments setting heat standards so vulnerable workers — in the garment industry, for example — aren't risking their lives.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

After a successful career in the garment industry, he waded into the media business following the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre in China.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 26, 2026

She believes Leicester's garment industry will only survive if there is significant investment in new robot technology and a focus on quality.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2024

About a dozen mostly immigrant businesses owners operated shops on the property off of Lawrence Street, making their livelihood storing and selling pallets, recycling, fixing cars and supplying fixtures to the nearby garment industry.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 3, 2024

His father, Isadore, was a union organizer in the garment industry who later went to work sewing shoulder pads for ladies’ dresses.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell




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