The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Automobile manufacturers and heavy industries are feeling the adverse affects of higher commodity prices, higher rates, slowing economic activity and increased uncertainty.
From MarketWatch ● May 22, 2026
Starting in 2013, however, China’s growth began to stall and the government’s altered its policies to move away from the heavy industries that generated most of the country’s coal demand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2026
As a result, it says it is gearing up to pump enough fuel to help meet the soaring needs of exporters, data centers and heavy industries for years to come.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2025
Italy’s energy giant, Eni, which has a large presence in Ravenna, is pushing a plan that the mayor says could help preserve the region’s heavy industries: create an industrial pollution collector.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
There is no magic formula, no economic panacea, which could simply revive over-night the heavy industries and the trades dependent upon them.
From The Fireside Chats of Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Franklin Delano Roosevelt
