How to Use heavy industry in a Sentence

heavy industry

noun
  • Gaza has none of the heavy industry that would support weapons production in most of the world.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Most heavy industry has left the country, along with many well-paying, middle-class, union jobs.
    — Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Apr. 2025
  • Most heavy industry has left the country, along with many well-paying, middle-class, union jobs.
    — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 May 2025
  • Pilots in the field Proof-of-concept in heavy industry requires more than lab runs.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Point source can be deployed at oil, gas and heavy industry facilities.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The acid-base chemistry pattern repeats across heavy industry.
    — Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Later, heavy industry, owned by the state, anchored this part of China.
    — John Ruwitch, NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Put plainly, some of the world’s most cash-rich software companies are starting to look a lot like heavy industry.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
  • In short, the energy is already exactly where the heavy industry needs it.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • Light and heavy industry could be seen inundated in the Maxar images.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 8 June 2023
  • Still, the massive damage to heavy industry is rippling through the economy.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, far-worse polluters such as vehicle exhaust and heavy industry get a longer time to adjust.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • But attracting more investments in heavy industry is only one goal.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In a region founded on heavy industry, Howe’s dedication to work has found a home.
    — George Caulkin, The Athletic, 13 Mar. 2025
  • It can also be used for heavy industry, like steelmaking, which renewables can’t power.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 19 June 2024
  • What’s happening in Norway could spread rapidly across heavy industry.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2025
  • This is likely to open up the use of fuel cells in transport and heavy industry, as well as in more clean energy systems, in the near future.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 18 May 2026
  • Last year, a proposal to do away with the credit entirely failed in the face of heavy industry opposition.
    — John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2025
  • But today many of these tributaries are dammed, polluted, or choked with sediment from heavy industry.
    — Gabe Allen, Discover Magazine, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Meanwhile, companies may take another look at the numbers for ditching diesel in heavy industry.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 21 June 2025
  • If adopted widely, the devices could help clean up heavy industry, such as steel-making, in Germany and elsewhere.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Enviva also sees heavy industry as a future market.
    — Nithin Coca, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • If businesses can show that their emissions fall below a certain threshold, the state can triage resources to focus on heavy industry.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
  • Some parts of the city still see heavy industry inching closer to residential neighborhoods.
    — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
  • But the most promising application for green hydrogen is heavy industry.
    — S. Julio Friedmann, Foreign Affairs, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Particularly hard hit are its mighty chemical and heavy industry sectors, which are now in rapid decline.
    — Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Traditional heavy industry is among the largest emitters of carbon dioxide.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Scientists say there needs to be a lot more carbon capture and storage deployed to hit climate goals and decarbonize heavy industry and oil and gas.
    — Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The deaths were clustered mostly in Southern and Midwestern states with heavy industry and lax pollution rules.
    — Ella Whitman, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Still, if the rosiest projections hold, green hydrogen in heavy industry could reduce global carbon emissions by 5 percent, if not two or three times that.
    — Max Bearak Giacomo D’orlando, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2023

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