How to Use industrial in a Sentence

industrial

1 of 2 adjective
  • There are thousands of industrial uses for plastic.
  • It would be programmed by punch cards, like the industrial looms of the time.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The area of the crash is largely an industrial zone.
    — Krista Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Could tiny threads of carbon fiber do the same job as big metal industrial heating coils?
    — New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Shares of the industrial gas giant are down 2%.
    — CNBC, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The site is zoned as medium industrial and does not allow for a concrete batch plant.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The site is zoned as medium industrial and does not allow for a concrete batch plant.
    — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Sep. 2025
  • That means the water is most likely coming from an old mine or industrial site.
    — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The plane crashed into an industrial area.
    — Lillian Metzmeier, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Fire and debris quickly spread over an industrial area near the end of the runway.
    — Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
  • As a nod to the site’s industrial heritage, the design team left weld marks on the curved edges at the end of the bar.
    — Bridget Mills-Powell, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 May 2026
  • Even projects backed by industrial heavyweights have not been immune.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • For industrial spaces, this could be a massive win.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
  • The age of white-washed, super scant, and industrial spaces are behind us.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 8 Jan. 2026
  • In my opinion, all industrial policies end up this way, not just Trump’s.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The defense industrial base sits in the middle of this picture.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In Avdiivka, a hot spot in the battle for the city is an industrial zone to the east.
    — Constant Méheut, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • It should be located in an industrial area.
    — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
  • And a huge blaze broke out at an industrial site in Israel after an attack.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The route will link the capital to industrial hubs in the east at over 200 mph.
    — Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Choose from the aged antique brass finish or opt for an industrial look with the silvery-bronze finish.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The people are proud of their industrial background.
    — Stephanie Armour, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The land is currently zoned for industrial use.
    — Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The township’s board would have to approve to change the zoning to light industrial for the project to advance.
    — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
  • It is often made with coconut oil, table salt, and other industrial food oils, such as palm oil or canola oil.
    — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Thompson called it industrial-scale fraud.
    — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Boston also rented an industrial melter to clear out snow that's been dumped at a lot in Charlestown.
    — Mike Toole, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Those problems arose as the city increased its water sales to big industrial customers.
    — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Oil is not only a consumer product but a key industrial input.
    — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The movie goes from this weird, seedy love motel to the industrial backwaters, and these long walks and talks down empty streets.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026

industrial

2 of 2 noun
  • Tech and industrials both hit record highs.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The industrials were about flat as of the time of writing.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2025
  • While chips were down, AI industrials were up.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Tech may create the order, but old industrials package it up.
    — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 3 June 2026
  • Plus, Modine got rid of all the slow-growing industrial.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 May 2026
  • Red-hot industrials, and a Fed meeting.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Cyclical shares such as autos, banks and industrials were also among the biggest laggards.
    — Levin Stamm, Bloomberg, 20 Apr. 2026
  • While all sectors are disclosing risks, financial, health care, and industrials have seen the sharpest rise.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • With five months left in the year, ex-tech (small caps and the old industrials), stock prices have significantly flattened.
    — Robert Barone, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The once beleaguered sector is far and away the top performer in the fourth quarter and is closing in on industrials for fourth place this year.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Investors in the industrials sector pay very close attention to these metrics.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Say, for example, like, well R&D or industrial is going to be over.
    — Diana Olick, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Some industrials are going higher, chiefly non-data-center ones.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026
  • That’s the best first 27 trading days of the year dating back to 2019 for the industrials.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2026
  • In Thursday's session, even the industrials that have been carrying the market got hit.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The industrials are up 19% in 2025.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Oil and gas, insurance and utilities all led gains, while industrials and miners lagged the broader index.
    — Joseph Wilkins,hugh Leask, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The financials sector was at the top of the market, followed by industrials and utilities.
    — Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Oil and gas stocks, telecoms, and chemicals led gains, while miners, industrials and retail stocks lagged the broader index.
    — Hugh Leask,joseph Wilkins,chloe Taylor, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile transactions by deal value grew in the industrials, energy and health-care sectors, the study found.
    — Lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025
  • That helped fuel the broadening out trade with energy, industrials, and staples higher last week.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Through it all, there were clear winners and laggards in the third quarter — a diverse group spanning Big Tech to industrials.
    — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • At the sector level, cyclical stocks lagged, with energy, industrials and financials ending the week in the red.
    — Benzinga, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The stock was the best performer in the Dow industrials and the second best in the S&P 500 for the day.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • If industrials are going higher, then transports must also rise to confirm a prolonged positive run.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The Dow industrials were also down, but the Nasdaq composite was up slightly.
    — Author: Stan Choe, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Apr. 2020
  • Apple's stock was recently up about 2%, making it among the best performers of the Dow industrials.
    — David Marino-Nachison, WSJ, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Futures tied to the S&P 500 and the Dow industrials hugged the flatline.
    — Caitlin McCabe, WSJ, 6 Apr. 2023
  • The industrials grinds and thumps were muted, too slick even by New Order's standards, and the haunting builds of the keys sanitized.
    — Kevin Williams, chicagotribune.com, 16 Sep. 2017
  • It was slated for light industrial, but to create a buffer for the neighborhoods to the north, Berge sought a retailer instead.
    — Maritza Dominguez, AZCentral.com, 2 Feb. 2026

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