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industry

[in-duh-stree] / ˈɪn də stri /




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“And it’s absolutely required in our industry to have an adequate level of profit to be able to continue to invest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

He now identifies as “semi-retired,” attributing his work status to the 40 hours a week or more he spends monitoring his Rocket Lab investment and the space industry at large.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The previous one in 2023 was marked by the industry-stopping strikes from SAG-AFTRA and WGA, and the industry is still feeling the impact from them.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

With movies like “Obsession” and “Backrooms” already dominating the early-summer box office, the industry is rethinking its iron-grip commitment to regurgitating the same films audiences have seen 100 times before, in slightly different ways.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026

By now, more than ten million Americans were unemployed, and the auto industry was in a perilous free fall.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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