Big Steel

noun

: the steel industry
Big Steel is lobbying Congress for new legislation.

Examples of Big Steel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Then there were various structural problems: Big Steel lost market share to low-cost domestic mini-mills that could recycle scrap metal, and the Big Three automakers were slow to improve quality and shift to the smaller, more fuel-efficient cars that consumers were demanding. Douglas A. Irwin, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017

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“Big Steel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Big%20Steel. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.

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