: of, relating to, being, or characterized by manufacturing and especially heavy industry
smokestack industries
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Adjective
She invested in smokestack stocks.
Car manufacturing and other smokestack industries need to adapt to the global economy.
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Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 Mar. 2025
One house had been completely buried in snow, with just the smokestack protruding, and the family inside had to be dug out with heavy equipment.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025
Russ Wiles, azcentral, 2 Aug. 2019
The industry trend toward higher production and profits with lower employment started to run into serious trouble in the 1990s with the imposition of new environmental regulations against smokestack pollution that made coal more expensive to burn.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
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Noun
In 2016, after IRIS assessed the toxicity of chloroprene, one of the chemicals coming out of the plant’s smokestacks, the people of St. John discovered the main source of their problems.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 6 Mar. 2025
One house had been completely buried in snow, with just the smokestack protruding, and the family inside had to be dug out with heavy equipment.
—Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 30 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Service companies dominate the list of Arizona's largest employers,with relatively few smokestack industries here, which helps explain why Arizona just received another so-so grade as a manufacturing center.
—Russ Wiles, azcentral, 2 Aug. 2019
The industry trend toward higher production and profits with lower employment started to run into serious trouble in the 1990s with the imposition of new environmental regulations against smokestack pollution that made coal more expensive to burn.
—Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 21 Aug. 2018
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“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smokestack. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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