industry
Example Sentences
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The looming impact of federal Medicaid cuts has reignited a long-simmering, costly battle between California’s medical industry and one of its largest health worker unions.
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
Drivers rushed into the industry during the pandemic as Covid-driven consumer demand drove freight rates to record highs.
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
They were part of the effort to keep the Germans away from the Soviet oil fields, which were so necessary to keep the gears of industry moving.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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