: of, relating to, being, or characterized by manufacturing and especially heavy industry
smokestack industries
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Adjective
She invested in smokestack stocks.
Car manufacturing and other smokestack industries need to adapt to the global economy.
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Deena Prichep, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024
Warehouses may not have smokestacks releasing pollutants that the EPA and local agencies typically regulate.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
Russ Wiles, azcentral, 2 Aug. 2019
The industry trend toward higher production and profits with lower employment started to run into serious trouble in the 1990s with the imposition of new environmental regulations against smokestack pollution that made coal more expensive to burn.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
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Noun
Some of the old smokestacks have been torn down because of development.
—Deena Prichep, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024
Warehouses may not have smokestacks releasing pollutants that the EPA and local agencies typically regulate.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
Adjective
Service companies dominate the list of Arizona's largest employers,with relatively few smokestack industries here, which helps explain why Arizona just received another so-so grade as a manufacturing center.
—Russ Wiles, azcentral, 2 Aug. 2019
The industry trend toward higher production and profits with lower employment started to run into serious trouble in the 1990s with the imposition of new environmental regulations against smokestack pollution that made coal more expensive to burn.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
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“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smokestack. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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