basic steel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of basic steel
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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The associations said that their member companies employed more than one million Americans, compared with just 80,000 jobs in basic steel production.
From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2018
Big Steel's small but still significant retreat came one week after its announcement of price increases ranging as high as 8% on some basic steel products.
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Steel demand tapered as the strike threat faded, and import competition remained stiff, serving to dampen any inclination toward rises in basic steel prices.
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To help pay the expense, the industry forthwith upped basic steel prices $3 a ton.
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Delafond, of Creuzot, and others, the basic steel is peculiarly suitable on account of its remarkable regularity.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 388, June 9, 1883 by Various
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