Collocations for "industry"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "industry" in context.
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industry
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- works in the industry (too)
- the [automotive, pharmaceutical, fashion, tourist, food] industry
- have been working in the [automotive] industry
- a developing industry
- trying to [develop, improve] the industry
- is an exploitative industry
- is the [country's] main industry
- major [players, brands, companies] in the industry
- is a leader in the industry
- is still a cottage industry
- [shows, displays] great industry [at work, at school, in sports]
- works with [great, diligent] industry
- praised for her industry (at work)
- is an industry leader
- is (considered) an industry standard
- is an industry-driven [economy, country]
'industry' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
actor
- advancement
- agent
- banking
- barren
- beef
- beet
- benchmark
- beverage
- billion
- boom
- broadcast
- building
- captain
- catering
- cattle
- cement
- cleaning
- clog
- coal
- coming
- competitor
- complex
- connected
- considered
- construction
- consulting
- cottage
- dairy
- dazzle
- decade
- demise
- destroy
- diamond
- downturn
- ebb
- efficiency
- endorsement
- entertainment
- envy
- esteem
- experience
- farming
- fashion
- finance
- fishing
- flourish
- forefront
- forestry
- fortune