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
Why Embracing Chaos Is A Competitive Advantage Organizations that prioritize adaptability are 1.5 times more likely to outperform their industry peers, according to Vorecol.
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Gabrielle Boko, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
And European industry groups on Monday noted significantly lower sales for new Tesla vehicles in Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden last month.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Sources indicated Rizzolo is a merchant who has had success in his various fashion industry roles.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
How ‘Will Trent’ star Ramón Rodriguez became an industry game-changer.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Gabrielle Boko, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
And European industry groups on Monday noted significantly lower sales for new Tesla vehicles in Spain, Portugal, Denmark and Sweden last month.
—Dylan Butts, CNBC, 4 June 2025
Sources indicated Rizzolo is a merchant who has had success in his various fashion industry roles.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 4 June 2025
How ‘Will Trent’ star Ramón Rodriguez became an industry game-changer.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for industry
Noun
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Those short-term staff make up the highest proportion of FEMA employees, about 40%, and are a pillar of the agency's on-the-ground response efforts.—
Leah Douglas,
USA Today,
4 June 2025
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Congressional Democrats are demanding that Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon cooperate with the agency’s Office of Inspector General review of the Trump administration’s efforts to overhaul the agency.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
4 June 2025
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But now, with the fiscal situation back in the spotlight, more diligence could be warranted.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Katie Woo covers these Cards for The Athletic with diligence and care, even when the going gets tough.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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The revenue from the fees, according to the legislation, would go toward U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, which processes immigration applications like green cards and visas and is already mostly funded by the fees collected with these services.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
28 May 2025
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The spokesperson also noted that visa applicants may continue to submit applications and that consular sections are constantly adjusting their schedules to allow for sufficient time to fully vet the cases before them.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
28 May 2025
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By doing this, Els revealed the persistence of a parallel Afrikaner consciousness that remembers Apartheid not with shame, but with pride and nostalgia.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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Your commitment will require endurance, grace, and persistence.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 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 11 Jun. 2025.
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