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smokestack industries

smokestack industries is the plural of smokestack industry.

Meaning of smokestack industry

Noun

smokestack industry (plural smokestack industries)

  1. Any industry or large manufacturing facility that uses smokestacks to dispose of unwanted materials into the atmosphere.
    • Again, the government policy to be pursued when a smokestack industry such as steel is coping with the demand-side effects of a worldwide recession is quite different from what should be done when another smokestack industry such as autos is trying to regain is competitive footing[…]1986, Paul R. Krugman, Strategic Trade Policy and the New International Economics, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 252

Questions about smokestack industries

What is smokestack industries the plural of?
Smokestack industries is the plural of smokestack industry.

Words near smokestack industries in the dictionary

  1. smokeshow
  2. smokeshows
  3. smokesploitation
  4. smokest
  5. smokestack
  6. smokestack industries
  7. smokestack industry
  8. smokestacks
  9. smoketh
  10. smoketight
  11. smoketree

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