Index of Industrial Production

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(in Britain) an index produced by the Central Statistical Office showing changes in the production of the primary British industries

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How to use Index of Industrial Production in a sentence

I think we handled it as well as we could have, given the exigencies of production.
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Total oil production figures include crude oil, natural gas liquids, and other liquid energy products.
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But with the pipeline, transportation costs drop and production would be higher.
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The trio formed the Sad Boys collective, with Sherm and Gud on production and Lean manning the mic.
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Google itself has taken a break and put plans for mass production on hold.
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The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
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A considerable proportion of the industrial and commercial news is now written to an end.
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It offers, to those who see it aright, the most perplexing industrial paradox ever presented in the history of mankind.
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Of the extent of this increased power of production we can only speak in general terms.
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In the preceding chapter an examination has been made of the purely mechanical side of the era of machine production.
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