: 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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Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
In the days when the Harlem River was lined with smokestack industry, its bridges swung open and closed constantly, six or seven times a day, to let ships through.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 12 July 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
Warehouses may not have smokestacks releasing pollutants that the EPA and local agencies typically regulate.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 12 Sep. 2024
In the days when the Harlem River was lined with smokestack industry, its bridges swung open and closed constantly, six or seven times a day, to let ships through.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 12 July 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 19 Nov. 2024.
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