industrial-strength
Americanadjective
adjective
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, the property’s garage has been transformed into a private gym—with the original door to the structure removed to make way for new industrial-strength doors that cost upward of $100,000.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025
Known for hits like The Time's Jungle Love and The SOS Band's Just Be Good To Me, they teased out a new sound for the singer – full of industrial-strength rhythms and strident, assertive lyrics.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
In the lab, his team freezes the mosquitoes, counts them, and identifies their species, then grinds them up in an industrial-strength “cocktail shaker” for genetic analysis of what viruses they’re carrying.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 21, 2023
It contends with a difficult site — a narrow strip of land bathed in the din of moving trains — with efficiency, albeit one that feels industrial-strength.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2022
Smaug, the Irrepressibly Finicky, was our industrial-strength water boiler.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
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