industrialization
noun
in·dus·tri·al·i·za·tion
in-ˌdə-strē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 
: the act or process of industrializing : the widespread development of industries in a region, country, culture, etc.
Industrialization and modern insect control have improved the quality of life around the globe, but they have also added some 100,000 chemical compounds that, some scientists worry, could affect the health of people and wildlife.—
Hannah Fairfield
Hannah FairfieldInvestors became convinced that growing global demand for energy, the industrialization of China and India and the lack of spare production capacity would keep crude prices surging ever upward.—A. Gary Shilling
A. Gary ShillingTelevision, like industrialization and democracy, was slow to arrive in Italy, coming in 1954, several years after it was introduced in the US.—Alexander Stille
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However, the cancer skyrocketed following the introduction of industrialization and the rise in cigarette consumption.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Thank trade and industrialization, infrastructure investment, and leaps in health and education—all accelerated by affordable technology.
—Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
As fascism spread across Europe in the twentieth century, a group of scholars known as the Frankfurt School explored how that ideology grew from the economic and psychological ground of capitalist industrialization.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
The power unit houses production of the company’s crown jewel gas turbines, which are highly sought after in a world of increasing energy demand due to artificial intelligence data centers, local manufacturing and industrialization, and electric vehicles.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
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Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
Thank trade and industrialization, infrastructure investment, and leaps in health and education—all accelerated by affordable technology.
—Rich Karlgaard, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
As fascism spread across Europe in the twentieth century, a group of scholars known as the Frankfurt School explored how that ideology grew from the economic and psychological ground of capitalist industrialization.
—Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 8 Sep. 2025
The power unit houses production of the company’s crown jewel gas turbines, which are highly sought after in a world of increasing energy demand due to artificial intelligence data centers, local manufacturing and industrialization, and electric vehicles.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for industrialization
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“Industrialization.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industrialization. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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