INDUSTRIALIZED Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

industrialized

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Recent Examples of industrialized Now, with industrialized nations in North America, Asia, and Europe spending billions to shore up their rare-earths supply chains, and counting on monazite to help them do it, China’s history and experiences with monazite offer important lessons. — Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 15 Oct. 2026 For-profit health insurance is a failure, and the only meaningful solution is to follow the lead of every other industrialized nation. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Ridicule and mockery are ubiquitous in industrialized societies, from political cartoons to social media. — Christopher Von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026 China has found new markets and boxed out competition from other industrialized countries. — Josh Boak, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026 As a result, some smaller farmers — many with more humane and sustainable operations — feel their money is being diverted to lobby for the interests of industrialized meat corporations. — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 9 Sep. 2026 Across the narrow water, the surrounding region, which includes factories from chemical giant Dow and aerospace conglomerate Airbus, is one of the most industrialized regions of Europe. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026 As with any biotech innovation, scale and cost are challenges but Caccia said production is expanding and becoming more industrialized. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 One way that China has reduced its manufacturing costs is by refusing to enforce environmental standards commonly accepted in the advanced industrialized world. — Bill Cassidy, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2026

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Swiss company Metafuels is working to convert clean electricity into jet fuel, while RIFT and Enerin, based in the Netherlands and Norway respectively, are delivering high-temperature industrial heat from electrons instead of gas.

— Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Fast-spectrum molten salt systems may eventually support industrial energy demands and medical isotope production.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

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