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
Average electricity prices for heavy industries in the EU are roughly twice those in the U.S. and 50% above China.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 3, 2026
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
In contrast, eastern Germany's obsolete command economy, once dominated by smokestack heavy industries, has been undergoing a wrenching change to a market economy.
From The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
