as in effort
attentive and persistent effort
he isn't the smartest kid in class, but he gets the best grades by determined industry
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Recent Examples of industry
In recent weeks, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has emerged as a big supporter of the crypto industry — a shift that seemed unimaginable just a few years ago.
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2025
The oil and gas industry alone directly and indirectly supports 1.4 million Texas jobs.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
There’s such a pressure to continue to work, both financial pressure and also the pressure of the industry in general.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
All of this is in the interest of getting more veterans involved across Hollywood, many of whom haven’t built up the connections others in Hollywood have to join the industry and share their story.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025
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Vinamrata Chaturvedi, Quartz, 28 Feb. 2025
The oil and gas industry alone directly and indirectly supports 1.4 million Texas jobs.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
There’s such a pressure to continue to work, both financial pressure and also the pressure of the industry in general.
—Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2025
All of this is in the interest of getting more veterans involved across Hollywood, many of whom haven’t built up the connections others in Hollywood have to join the industry and share their story.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for industry
Noun
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The period from July, 1957, to December, 1958, was designated the International Geophysical Year, a global scientific effort to understand the Earth and its environment.—
Bill McKibben,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Elon Musk's Tesla has become a rallying point for protestors outraged with how the world's richest man has insinuated himself into President Trump's administration and led efforts to slash government agencies.—
April Rubin,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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This almost never happened with the canaries, who removed the husk with extraordinary diligence and skill.—
Maja Mielke,
JSTOR Daily,
20 Feb. 2025
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Maintaining that right requires diligence, dialogue, flexibility, and a clear understanding of how this relationship works amidst a multiplicity of perspectives.—
Dan Miller,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The order also required the Bureau of Consular Affairs to freeze passport applications requesting a gender marker change and renewals or new applications with a gender marker different from the applicant’s gender assigned at birth.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
21 Feb. 2025
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The United States is too dependent on non-domestic sources for key materials and minerals critical for high-tech applications and use in a wide range of industries.—
Deborah Wince-Smith,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Research by Michael Scheier and Charles Carver found that optimism fuels persistence because optimistic individuals envision reaching their goals, even during setbacks.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
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Not only about the persistence of violence against women but about the confusions present across our societies.—
Katie Ebner-Landy,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
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These indestructible treasures have always been buried in matter, awaiting the invention of scanning electron microscopes and scientists with enough assiduity to spend decades on end peering into their atomic eyes.—
Virginia Heffernan,
WIRED,
21 Mar. 2023
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Lee is hardly the first biographer to be wooed by the allure of her subject; to risk being squashed by the weight of her research; or to concede that, despite her assiduity, much will elude her grasp.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2021
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“Industry.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/industry. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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