industrywide

American  

[in-duh-stree-wahyd, in-duh-stree-wahyd] / ˈɪn də striˌwaɪd, ˈɪn də striˈwaɪd /

adjective

1. from, covering, or affecting an entire industry.

   industrywide profits.

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adverb

1. throughout an industry.

industrywide British  

/ ˈɪndəstrɪˌwaɪd /

adverb

1. covering or available to all parts of an industry

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Etymology

Origin of industrywide

First recorded in 1945–50; industry + -wide

Example Sentences

In fact, the company’s runaway success could be seen as a sign of the industrywide destabilization to come, given the massive amounts of capital spending that are filling its coffers while financially weakening the world’s largest companies—and employers.

From The Wall Street Journal

The firm also warned that industrywide capacity additions could pressure pricing in outer years if demand slows.

From Barron's

Dell Technologies gave a blowout outlook on Thursday while signaling that the industrywide memory-chip crunch seems manageable.

From MarketWatch

A string of client losses and guidance cuts at the company—coupled with industrywide concerns about AI disruption—weighed on WPP’s shares, which lost nearly two-thirds of their value over the past year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Analysts expected Smurfit Westrock to join them, though the flurry of tariff news may alter those industrywide plans.

From Barron's