industrials
Britishplural noun
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The Dow industrials gained 0.5% to close at a record.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Organic sales rose 4% in the healthcare and water technologies segment and 3% in the diversified industrials segment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Thirteen percent of the S&P 500 index made references to its impact when announcing results, most notably in the financials, technology and industrials sector.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026
The Nasdaq jumped 2.1%, the S&P 500 rose 1.5%, and the Dow industrials gained 1.3%.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
The industrials wanted a low cost of living in order to avoid the rise of wages and to compete with better advantage for foreign markets.
From New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 2, May, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
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