the Industrial Revolution
noun
: the major social and economic changes that occurred in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when new machinery, new sources of power, and new ways of manufacturing products were developed
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Mesguich compares our current craving for craftsmanship to the way Art Nouveau emerged in the early 1900s as a response to the Industrial Revolution.
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Sarah Wood González, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Humans have injected more than 1.5 trillion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, when the use of fossils fuels began to skyrocket, according to the Global Carbon Budget.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Leo is a reference to the turn of the 20th Century Pope Leo XIII, who advocated for the rights of workers during the Industrial Revolution, as well as the poor and the marginalized.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 8 May 2025
The Brookings Institution already finds that Generative AI is revolutionizing industries at a breadth and pace unseen since the Industrial Revolution, while more autonomous technologies are accelerating the determination of winners and losers from agriculture to transportation.
—Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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Sarah Wood González, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Humans have injected more than 1.5 trillion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere since the Industrial Revolution, when the use of fossils fuels began to skyrocket, according to the Global Carbon Budget.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 May 2025
Leo is a reference to the turn of the 20th Century Pope Leo XIII, who advocated for the rights of workers during the Industrial Revolution, as well as the poor and the marginalized.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 8 May 2025
The Brookings Institution already finds that Generative AI is revolutionizing industries at a breadth and pace unseen since the Industrial Revolution, while more autonomous technologies are accelerating the determination of winners and losers from agriculture to transportation.
—Charles Beames, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
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“The Industrial Revolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Industrial%20Revolution. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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