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basic industry

British

noun

an industry which is highly important in a nation's economy

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Expert witness Bryan Carpenter, a Mississippi-based specialist in firearms safety on film sets, said Baldwin’s commands infringed on basic industry safety protocols and responsibilities of the armorer.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2024

This was from a big publisher, so I would just hope it represents basic industry standards in its approach and tone.

From Slate • Aug. 18, 2020

Nor that they simply made the wrong decision about how to solve the basic industry problem.

From Forbes • Sep. 19, 2014

No one much mentions basic industry practices like price research, provenance, scientific materials analysis or auction-house premiums.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2012

Agriculture is or has been the basic industry of nearly every race or nation that has succeeded.

From Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue by Various

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