industrialize
verb (used with object)
to introduce industry into (an area) on a large scale.
industrializing
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present participleof industrialize.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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"We're industrializing an easier way of forming sheet metal based on origami," says chief executive and co-founder, Jonas Nyvang.
From BBC ● Mar. 3, 2026
By 1910, the grip of agriculture had loosened significantly, as manufacturing emerged as a force in the industrializing economy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
Like West Africa, El Salvador is a past source country for the production of rubber, essential to an industrializing Europe’s historic colonizing abroad.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
When historians search for parallels, they often point to the period before the Civil War, when an industrializing North and an agrarian South were divided over slavery.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2024
Experience in the developing countries continued mixed, with the newly industrializing economies generally maintaining their rapid growth, and many others struggling with debt, rampant inflation, and inadequate investment.
From The 1991 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
