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basic industry

British  

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

It’s hard to think of another basic industry of comparable size in which future demand has dissipated so rapidly.

From Slate Jul. 17, 2015

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

Steel was the basic industry of America; but, more than that, it was, in a sense, the buttress, the essential frame, rather, of present-day life.

From Steel The Diary of a Furnace Worker by Walker, Charles Rumford

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