industrywide

[ adjective in-duh-stree-wahyd; adverb in-duh-stree-wahyd ]

/ adjective ˈɪn də striˌwaɪd; adverb ˈɪn də striˈwaɪd /

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adjective

from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.

adverb

throughout an industry.

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Origin of industrywide

First recorded in 1945–50; industry + -wide

Words nearby industrywide

industrial union, Industrial Workers of the World, industrious, industriousness, industry, industrywide, Indus valley civilization, in Dutch, indwell, indwelling, indwelling catheter

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How to use industrywide in a sentence

Mandatory self-defense training, an industrywide "no-fly list" for disruptive passengers, and the end of to-go cups for alcohol are the changes airline crews want so they can stop being afraid to go to work.
Flight attendants seek federal intervention to stop unruly passengers|Joann Muller|December 19, 2021|Axios
The Framework Laptop represents a paradigm shift in laptop design that we’d like to see adopted industrywide.
Framework Laptop review: Buy now, upgrade and repair later|Chris Coke|December 16, 2021|Popular-Science
Baidu’s emphasis on industrywide security research and collaboration not only improves the security of these autonomous systems, it also demonstrates that public safety and security are its top priority when vulnerabilities are inevitably exposed.
Building a self-driving car that people can trust|Jason Sparapani|December 16, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Called a Transformer, it has since been adopted industrywide for a variety of different uses in both language and vision tasks.
Google’s ouster of a top A.I. researcher may have come down to this|Jeremy Kahn|December 9, 2020|Fortune

Though pandemic lockdowns have helped fuel industrywide growth for online services, AT&T is under pressure to show it can transition to the streaming era.
Warner Bros. to release all 2021 films on HBO Max and in theaters|Verne Kopytoff|December 3, 2020|Fortune
Industrywide, sales came in at an annualized pace of 14.87 million.
U.S. Car Sales Continue Their Rise in September|Daniel Gross|October 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for industrywide

industrywide

/ (ˈɪndəstrɪˌwaɪd) /

adverb, adjective

covering or available to all parts of an industry

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